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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 Tunk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tunk 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 Tunk:
- 44.778868, -85.334773
- 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 Tunk
- 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 Grand Traverse County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand Traverse County
- Since Tunk is near Kalkaska County and also Antrim County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kalkaska County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Antrim 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 Tunk
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tunk ...
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.
- Acme
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Angel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Angel is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel
- Angel has also been known as:
- Angel Station
- Angell Station
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Angel
- From Tunk to Angel
- Devils Elbow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Rapids
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fivemile Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fivemile Corner is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Corner
- Jacks Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jacks Landing is located in Grand Traverse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Landing
- Mabel
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rapid City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Torch River
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Torch River is located in Kalkaska County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch River
How Far From Tunk 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 Tunk to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Tunk once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Tunk and extending to:
- Traverse City, which is the Seat of Grand Traverse County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Tunk to Traverse City, with an average speed<4> 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 146 miles [235 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 588 miles [946.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,960 miles [9,591.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,703 miles [10,787.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,591 miles [7,388.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tunk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tunk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tunk 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 Tunk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7789, Longitude: -85.3348 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.824 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.923 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.472 degrees. |
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