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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 Valley Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valley Farms 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 Valley Farms:
- 42.784201, -84.542757
- 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 Valley Farms
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since Valley Farms is near Ingham County and also Eaton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ingham County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eaton 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 Valley Farms
Communities Also Named Valley Farms ...
We found two communities that are also named Valley Farms.
Within Michigan, the name Valley Farms is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Pinal County
- This Valley Farms is located in Pinal County and lies 1,605 miles [2,583 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Valley Farms that is located in Clinton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinal County community of Valley Farms.
- Texas
- Navarro County
- This Valley Farms is located in Navarro County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Valley Farms that is located in Clinton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Valley Farms.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley Farms ...
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.
- Bath
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Delta Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Delta Mills is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Mills
- Eagle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Grand Ledge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Meridian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meridian is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Millett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millett is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
- Millett has also been known as:
- Milletts
- Packard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Packard is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
- Price
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
How Far From Valley Farms 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 Valley Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Valley Farms and extending to:
- Saint Johns, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Valley Farms to Saint Johns, with an average speed<3> 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 just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 474 miles [762.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,025 miles [9,696.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,760 miles [10,879.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,641 miles [7,469 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Valley Farms) 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 Valley Farms 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 Valley Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7842, Longitude: -84.5428 In this case, the coordinates for Valley Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.38 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.125 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.754 degrees. |
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