Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wellston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wellston and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wellston
- 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 Wellston:
- 44.218581, -85.957939
- 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 Wellston
- 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 Manistee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Manistee County
- Since Wellston is near Lake County and also Wexford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lake County
- eBird sighting report for Wexford 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 Wellston ...
We found four communities that share the name Wellston.
Within Michigan, the name Wellston is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Missouri
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellston ...
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.
- Bear Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Lake
- Bear Lake is located in Manistee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bear Lake <3>
- Chief Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chief Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Chief Lake is located in Manistee County
- Dublin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Dublin is located in Manistee County
- Filer City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer City
- Filer City is located in Manistee County
- Fountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Fountain is located in Mason County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain <3>
- Free Soil
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Soil
- Free Soil is located in Mason County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Free Soil <3>
- Irons
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irons have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irons
- Irons is located in Lake County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irons <3>
- Little Manistee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Manistee have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Manistee
- Little Manistee is located in Lake County
- Newland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Peacock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
- Peacock is located in Lake County
- Red Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Wolf Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Wellston to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wellston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wellston and extending to:
- Manistee, which is the Seat of Manistee County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Wellston to Manistee, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 588 miles [946.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,009 miles [9,670.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,751 miles [10,864.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,639 miles [7,465.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wellston. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Manistee County: www.manistee.com/~edo/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Wellston 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wellston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wellston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2186, Longitude: -85.9579 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 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 Wellston 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 313.267 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.342 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.988 degrees. |