Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Swartz Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swartz Creek and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Swartz Creek

• 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 Swartz Creek:
  • 42.962251, -83.826348
  • 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 Swartz 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 Genesee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
  • Since Swartz Creek is near Shiawassee County and also Oakland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shiawassee County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Oakland 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 Swartz Creek

Curious and Interesting Names Near Swartz 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.

• Atlas
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Atlas is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
• Deer Creek
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Deer Creek is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
• Five Points
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Five Points is located in Oakland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Flint
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Flint is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,968 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flint <1>
• Flushing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Flushing is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flushing
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,840 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flushing <1>
• Holly
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Holly is located in Oakland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,079 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holly <1>
• Juddville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Juddville is located in Shiawassee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juddville
• Kerby
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Kerby is located in Shiawassee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby
  • Kerby has also been known as:
  • Kerby Mine
• Pine Run
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Pine Run is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Run
• Union Plains
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Plains is located in Shiawassee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Plains

How Far From Swartz Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Swartz Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Swartz Creek and extending to:

• Flint, which is the Seat of Genesee County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Swartz Creek to Lansing, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 451 miles [725.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,989 miles [9,638.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,724 miles [10,821.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,605 miles [7,411 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'