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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 Stoughton Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stoughton Corners 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 Stoughton Corners:
- 42.229482, -86.166410
- 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 Stoughton Corners
- 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 Van Buren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- Since Stoughton Corners is near Berrien County and also Cass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berrien County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass 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 Stoughton Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stoughton Corners ...
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.
- Breedsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Covert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Beach is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Beach
- Fish Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fish Corners is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Corners
- Friendsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Friendsville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Fritzburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fritzburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritzburg
- Little Paw Paw Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Little Paw Paw Lake is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Paw Paw Lake
- Maple Grove Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove Corners is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Corners
- Maple Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maple Island is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Island
- Paw Paw Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Paw Paw Lake is located in Berrien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw Lake
- Sister Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sister Lakes is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sister Lakes
- Teapot Dome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Teapot Dome is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teapot Dome
- Wildwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Stoughton Corners to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stoughton Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stoughton Corners and extending to:
- Paw Paw, which is the Seat of Van Buren County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Stoughton Corners to Paw Paw, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 530 miles [853 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,111 miles [9,834.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,730 miles [7,612.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Stoughton Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Stoughton Corners 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 Stoughton Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2295, Longitude: -86.1664 In this case, the coordinates for Stoughton Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.462 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.273 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.736 degrees. |
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