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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 West Ishpeming, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Ishpeming 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 West Ishpeming:
- 46.485593, -87.713329
- 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 West Ishpeming
- 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 Marquette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marquette County
- Since West Ishpeming is near Baraga County and also Dickinson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baraga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickinson 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 West Ishpeming
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Ishpeming ...
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.
- Eagle Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eagle Mills is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Frenchtown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Humboldt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Humboldt Mine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Humboldt Mine is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt Mine
- National Mine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- National Mine is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Mine
- Salisbury
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Snowville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Snowville is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowville
How Far From West Ishpeming 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 West Ishpeming to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in West Ishpeming and extending to:
- Marquette, which is the Seat of Marquette County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Ishpeming to Marquette, with an average speed<2> 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 302 miles [486 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 752 miles [1,210.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,962 miles [9,594.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,612 miles [7,422.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Ishpeming) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 West Ishpeming 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 West Ishpeming. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4856, Longitude: -87.7133 In this case, the coordinates for West Ishpeming have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.372 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.922 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.153 degrees. |
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