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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 Waldenburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Waldenburg 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 Waldenburg:
    • 42.657393, -82.937119
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Waldenburg
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Waldenburg ...

We found one communities that share the name Waldenburg.

Within Michigan, the name Waldenburg is unique.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Waldenburg in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Poinsett County
      • This Waldenburg is located in Poinsett County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Waldenburg that is located in Macomb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poinsett County community of Waldenburg.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Waldenburg ...

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.

  • Disco ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Gas Settlement ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Heart ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Heart. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart
    • Heart is located in Macomb County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Heart
    • From Waldenburg to Heart
  • Liverpool ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Liverpool. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
    • Liverpool is located in Macomb County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Liverpool
    • From Waldenburg to Liverpool
  • Plumb Brook ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plumb Brook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumb Brook
    • Plumb Brook is located in Macomb County
    • Plumb Brook has also been known as:
    • Plum Brook
    • Plumbrook Village
    • Plumbrook
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Plumb Brook
    • From Waldenburg to Plumb Brook
  • Red Run Corners ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Romeo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Roseville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Spinnings ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spinnings. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinnings
    • Spinnings is located in Macomb County
    • Spinnings has also been known as:
    • Spinning
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Spinnings
    • From Waldenburg to Spinnings
  • Stony Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Waldenburg once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Waldenburg and extending to:

  • Mount Clemens, which is the Seat of Macomb County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Waldenburg to Lansing, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 403 miles [648.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,970 miles [9,607.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,702 miles [10,785.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,581 miles [7,372.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Macomb County: www.macombcountymi.gov/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Waldenburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Waldenburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6574, Longitude: -82.9371       In this case, the coordinates for Waldenburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Waldenburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Waldenburg to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.339 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.926 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.009 degrees.




 

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