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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 Waucedah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Waucedah 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 Waucedah:
- 45.763016, -87.745403
- 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 Waucedah
- 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 Dickinson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickinson County
- Since Waucedah is near Menominee County and also Marinette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Menominee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marinette 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 Waucedah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Waucedah ...
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.
- Hardwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hardwood is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwood
- Helps
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Helps is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helps
- Hermansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hermansville is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermansville
- Iron Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Leapers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leapers is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapers
- Nathan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nathan is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
- Powers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Skidmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Skidmore is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
- Spruce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Spruce is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Vulcan
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Waucedah 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 Waucedah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Waucedah and extending to:
- Iron Mountain, which is the Seat of Dickinson County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Waucedah to Iron Mountain, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 262 miles [421.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 722 miles [1,161.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,998 miles [9,652.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,747 miles [10,858.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,644 miles [7,473.8 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Waucedah) 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 Waucedah 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 Waucedah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7630, Longitude: -87.7454 In this case, the coordinates for Waucedah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.425 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.877 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.414 degrees. |
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