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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 Vineland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vineland 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 Vineland:
    • 42.061431, -86.470299
    • 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 Vineland
  • 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 Vineland is near Cass County and also Van Buren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren 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 Vineland

Communities Also Named Vineland ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Vineland.

Within Michigan, the name Vineland is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Marengo County
      • This Vineland is located in Marengo County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<1> to the south of the Vineland that is located in Berrien County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marengo County community of Vineland.
    • Arkansas
      • Franklin 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 Arkansas community of Vineland [Franklin County].
    • California
      • Los Angeles 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 California community of Vineland [Los Angeles County].
    • Colorado
      • Pueblo County
      • This Vineland is located in Pueblo County and lies 983 miles [1,582 km]<1> to the west of the Vineland that is located in Berrien County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pueblo County community of Vineland.
    • Florida
      • Orange County
      • This Vineland is located in Orange County and lies 983 miles [1,582 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Vineland that is located in Berrien County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Vineland.
    • Minnesota
      • Mille Lacs County
      • This Vineland is located in Mille Lacs County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Vineland that is located in Berrien County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mille Lacs County community of Vineland.
    • Missouri
      • Jefferson County
      • This Vineland is located in Jefferson County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Vineland that is located in Berrien County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Vineland.
    • New Jersey
      • Cumberland County
      • This Vineland is located in Cumberland County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Vineland that is located in Berrien County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Vineland.
    • North Carolina
      • Columbus 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 North Carolina community of Vineland [Columbus County].
    • Ontario
      • This Vineland lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Vineland that is located in Berrien County.
    • Texas
      • Collin 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 Texas community of Vineland [Collin County].
    • Virginia
      • Brunswick County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Vineland [Brunswick County].
    • Washington
      • Asotin County
      • This Vineland is located in Asotin County and lies 1,532 miles [2,465.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Vineland that is located in Berrien County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Asotin County community of Vineland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vineland ...

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.

  • Derby
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Derby is located in Berrien County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
  • Fair Plain
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Fair Plain is located in Berrien County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Plain
  • Hartman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartman is located in Berrien County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
  • Kings Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Kings Landing is located in Berrien County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
  • Oxbow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oxbow is located in Berrien County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
  • Pearl Grange
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pearl Grange is located in Berrien County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Grange
  • Rosemary Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rosemary Beach is located in Berrien County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary Beach
  • Shanghai Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Shanghai Corners is located in Berrien County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai Corners
  • Stevensville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Twelve Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Twelve Corners is located in Berrien County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Corners
  • Waverland Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Waverland Beach is located in Berrien County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverland Beach

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

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

  • Saint Joseph, which is the Seat of Berrien County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Vineland to Lansing, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 541 miles [870.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,130 miles [9,865.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,868 miles [11,053 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,750 miles [7,644.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vineland) 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 Vineland 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Vineland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Vineland 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 Vineland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0614, Longitude: -86.4703       In this case, the coordinates for Vineland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.665 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.48 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.938 degrees.