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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stony Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stony Creek and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Stony Creek:
- 41.964212, -83.334098
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Stony Creek
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Stony Creek is near Wayne County and also Washtenaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washtenaw County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Stony Creek
Communities Also Named Stony Creek ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Stony Creek.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Stony Creek.
Beyond Michigan, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Oakland County
- This Stony Creek is located in Oakland County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Stony Creek that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Stony Creek.
- Washtenaw County
- This Stony Creek is located in Washtenaw County and lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stony Creek that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Stony Creek.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- This Stony Creek is located in New Haven County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the east of the Stony Creek that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Stony Creek.
- Indiana
- LaGrange County
- This Stony Creek is located in LaGrange County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stony Creek that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Stony Creek.
- New York
- Warren County
- This Stony Creek is located in Warren County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stony Creek that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Stony Creek.
- North Carolina
- Caswell County
- This Stony Creek is located in Caswell County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Stony Creek that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caswell County community of Stony Creek.
- Pennsylvania
- Carbon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Stony Creek [Carbon County].
- Schuylkill County
- This Stony Creek is located in Schuylkill County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Stony Creek that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Stony Creek.
- Somerset County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Stony Creek [Somerset County].
- Tennessee
- Carter County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Stony Creek [Carter County].
- Virginia
- Sussex County
- This Stony Creek is located in Sussex County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stony Creek that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Stony Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stony Creek ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cherry Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Island is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Island
- Flat Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grand View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grand View is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Grape
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grape is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape
- Maple Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Beach is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Maybee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rockwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Point is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Willow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Willow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
How Far From Stony Creek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stony Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stony Creek and extending to:
- Monroe, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Stony Creek to Lansing, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 392 miles [630.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,017 miles [9,683.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,747 miles [10,858.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,626 miles [7,444.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stony Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Stony Creek could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Stony Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stony Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9642, Longitude: -83.3341 In this case, the coordinates for Stony Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.624 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.146 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.442 degrees. |
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