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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 Twelve Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twelve Corners and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Twelve Corners:
    • 42.145542, -86.378720
    • 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 Twelve 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 Berrien County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berrien County
    • Since Twelve Corners is near Van Buren County and also Cass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren 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 Twelve Corners

Communities Also Named Twelve Corners ...

We found three communities that are also named Twelve Corners.

Within Michigan, the name Twelve Corners is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Kennebec County
      • This Twelve Corners is located in Kennebec County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Twelve Corners that is located in Berrien County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kennebec County community of Twelve Corners.
    • New York
      • Monroe County
      • This Twelve Corners is located in Monroe County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the east of the Twelve Corners that is located in Berrien County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Twelve Corners.
    • Wisconsin
      • Outagamie County
      • This Twelve Corners is located in Outagamie County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Twelve Corners that is located in Berrien County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Outagamie County community of Twelve Corners.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Twelve 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.

How Far From Twelve Corners 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 Twelve Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Twelve Corners and extending to:

  • Saint Joseph, which is the Seat of Berrien County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Twelve Corners to Lansing, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 538 miles [865.8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,123 miles [9,854 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,860 miles [11,040.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,743 miles [7,633.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Twelve Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Twelve 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 Twelve Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1455, Longitude: -86.3787       In this case, the coordinates for Twelve Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.603 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.422 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.867 degrees.