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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 Vernon City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vernon City 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 Vernon City:
- 43.814444, -84.772222
- 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 Vernon City
- 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 Isabella County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Isabella County
- Since Vernon City is near Clare County and also Midland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clare County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Midland 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 Vernon City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vernon City ...
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.
- Clare
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Colonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Colonville is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonville
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Farwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jordan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jordan is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lake is located in Clare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Former name for Lake:
- Lake Station
- Lyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lyle is located in Gladwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyle
- Rosebush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wise is located in Isabella County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
How Far From Vernon City 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 Vernon City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vernon City and extending to:
- Mount Pleasant, which is the Seat of Isabella County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Vernon City to Mount Pleasant, 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 75 miles [120.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 524 miles [843.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,985 miles [9,631.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,724 miles [10,821.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,608 miles [7,415.9 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Vernon City) 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 Vernon City 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 Vernon City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8144, Longitude: -84.7722 In this case, the coordinates for Vernon City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.491 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.404 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.518 degrees. |
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