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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 Wacousta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wacousta 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 Wacousta:
- 42.827812, -84.700820
- 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 Wacousta
- 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 Wacousta is near Eaton County and also Ingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eaton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ingham 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 Wacousta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wacousta ...
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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Delta Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Delta Mills is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Mills
- Eagle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fowler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Frost Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Frost Corners is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Corners
- Grand Ledge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Millett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millett is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
- Millett has also been known as:
- Milletts
- Needmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Needmore is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Packard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Packard is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
- Price
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Price is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
How Far From Wacousta 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 Wacousta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wacousta and extending to:
- Saint Johns, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wacousta to Saint Johns, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 483 miles [777.3 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 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,028 miles [9,701.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,764 miles [10,885.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,646 miles [7,477 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 '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- Wacousta) 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 Wacousta 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 Wacousta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8278, Longitude: -84.7008 In this case, the coordinates for Wacousta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.482 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.247 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.818 degrees. |
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