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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 Wenona Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wenona Beach 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 Wenona Beach:
- 43.652659, -83.873388
- 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 Wenona Beach
- 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 Bay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bay County
- Since Wenona Beach is near Saginaw County and also Tuscola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saginaw County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscola 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 Wenona Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wenona Beach ...
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.
- Beaver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Beaver is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Crow Island ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Crow Island is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Island
- Fisherville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Frankenlust
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Indiantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Indiantown is located in Saginaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Little Killarney Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Melbourne ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Salzburg ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Three Churches Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Wenona Beach 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 Wenona Beach 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<1> community of Wenona Beach once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wenona Beach and extending to:
- Bay City, which is the Seat of Bay County, lies just to the South.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Wenona Beach to Lansing, with an average speed<3>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 4 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 483 miles [777.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving 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 5,959 miles [9,590.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,696 miles [10,776.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,579 miles [7,369.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Wenona Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Wenona Beach) 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 Wenona Beach 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 Wenona Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6527, Longitude: -83.8734 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.904 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.715 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.12 degrees. |
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