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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 Trenary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trenary 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 Trenary:
- 46.195230, -86.969868
- 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 Trenary
- 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 Alger County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alger County
- Since Trenary is near Delta County and also Marquette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marquette 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 Trenary
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trenary ...
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.
- Dukes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dukes is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Forest Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Helena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Kiva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kiva is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiva
- Limestone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Limestone is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Maple Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Slapneck ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Slapneck is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapneck
- Vail
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vail is located in Alger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
How Far From Trenary 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 Trenary to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Trenary and extending to:
- Munising, which is the Seat of Alger County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Trenary to Munising, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 267 miles [429.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 712 miles [1,145.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,951 miles [9,577.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,596 miles [7,396.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trenary) 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 Trenary 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 Trenary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1952, Longitude: -86.9699 In this case, the coordinates for Trenary have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.871 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.315 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.848 degrees. |
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