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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 Vienna Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vienna Junction 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 Vienna Junction:
- 41.750047, -83.504934
- 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 Vienna Junction
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Vienna Junction is near Lucas County and also Wood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wood 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 Vienna Junction
Communities Also Named Vienna Junction ...
We found two communities that are also named Vienna Junction.
There is one other community in Michigan that is also named Vienna Junction.
Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Vienna Junction in the United States.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Montmorency County
- This Vienna Junction is located in Montmorency County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the north of the Vienna Junction that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montmorency County community of Vienna Junction.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Johnson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Vienna Junction [Johnson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vienna Junction ...
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.
- Boulevard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boulevard is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulevard
- Erie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ferndale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Harbor View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harbor View is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Ironville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ironville is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Liberty Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Luna Pier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Temperance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Beach is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Beach
How Far From Vienna Junction 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 Vienna Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vienna Junction and extending to:
- Monroe, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Vienna Junction to Monroe, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 393 miles [632.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,033 miles [9,709.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,763 miles [10,884 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,642 miles [7,470.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vienna Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Vienna Junction could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Vienna Junction 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 Vienna Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7500, Longitude: -83.5049 In this case, the coordinates for Vienna Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.742 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.247 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.597 degrees. |
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