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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 Thetford Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thetford Center 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 Thetford Center:
- 43.179192, -83.640235
- 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 Thetford Center
- 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 Thetford Center is near Tuscola County and also Saginaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscola County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saginaw 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 Thetford Center
Communities Also Named Thetford Center ...
We found one communities that are also named Thetford Center.
Within Michigan, the name Thetford Center is unique.
Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Thetford Center in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Vermont
- Orange County
- This Thetford Center is located in Orange County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the east of the Thetford Center that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Thetford Center.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thetford Center ...
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.
- Birch Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Burnt is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt
- Elba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Flint
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flushing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Otter Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Run is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Run
- Rogersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rogersville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
How Far From Thetford Center 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 community such as Thetford Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Thetford Center and extending to:
- Flint, which is the Seat of Genesee County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Thetford Center to Flint, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 453 miles [729 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving 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 5,972 miles [9,611 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,707 miles [10,793.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,589 miles [7,385.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Thetford Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Thetford Center 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 Thetford Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1792, Longitude: -83.6402 In this case, the coordinates for Thetford Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.773 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.496 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.171 degrees. |
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