Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wayland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wayland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wayland
- 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 Wayland:
- 42.671976, -85.641410
- 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 Wayland
- 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 Allegan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Allegan County
- Since Wayland is near Barry County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Barry County
- eBird sighting report for Kent 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wayland ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Wayland.
Within Michigan, the name Wayland is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New York
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Wayland lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Wayland that is located in Allegan County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Texas
- Virginia
- Chesterfield County
- This Wayland is located in Chesterfield County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<2> to the southeast of the Wayland that is located in Allegan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Wayland.
- Scott County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wayland [Scott County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wayland ...
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.
- Alaska
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Corning
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Cutlerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cutlerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlerville
- Cutlerville is located in Kent County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cutlerville <5>
- Diamond Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
- Diamond Springs is located in Allegan County
- Forest Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Forest Grove is located in Ottawa County
- Green Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Green Lake is located in Allegan County
- Holy Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holy Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Corners
- Holy Corners is located in Kent County
- Jamestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown is located in Ottawa County
- Kentwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kentwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentwood
- Kentwood is located in Kent County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,719 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kentwood <5>
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Martin is located in Allegan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martin <5>
- Orangeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orangeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Orangeville is located in Barry County
- Prairieville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairieville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Prairieville is located in Barry County
- Sandy Pines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Pines
- Sandy Pines is located in Allegan County
How Far From Wayland 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 city such as Wayland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wayland and extending to:
- Allegan, which is the Seat of Allegan County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wayland to Allegan, with an average speed<6> 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 55 miles [88.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 519 miles [835.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,071 miles [9,770.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,691 miles [7,549.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wayland: www.ci.wayland.mi.us/
The official website for Allegan County: www.allegancounty.org/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wayland 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wayland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wayland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6720, Longitude: -85.6414 In this case, the coordinates for Wayland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Wayland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Wayland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.106 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.932 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.336 degrees. |