Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Vickery Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vickery Landing and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Vickery Landing

• 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 Vickery Landing:
  • 42.503925, -85.271393
  • 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 Vickery Landing

• 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 Barry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Barry County
  • Since Vickery Landing is near Calhoun County and also Kalamazoo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kalamazoo 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 Vickery Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vickery Landing ...

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.

• Cedar Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Creek is located in Barry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
• Cloverdale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cloverdale is located in Barry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
• Hickory Corners
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Corners is located in Barry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hickory Corners <1>
• Lacey
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lacey is located in Barry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
• Maple Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Maple Grove is located in Barry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
• Podunk
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Podunk is located in Barry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk
• Prairieville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Prairieville is located in Barry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
• Schultz
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Schultz is located in Barry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
• Stony Point
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Stony Point is located in Barry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
• Woodlawn Beach
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodlawn Beach is located in Barry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Beach

How Far From Vickery Landing to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Vickery Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vickery Landing and extending to:

• Hastings, which is the Seat of Barry County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Vickery Landing to Hastings, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 39 miles [62.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 497 miles [799.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,065 miles [9,760.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,683 miles [7,536.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'