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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 Olive, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Olive 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 Olive:
- 42.928559, -86.147325
- 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 Olive
- 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 Ottawa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa County
- Since West Olive is near Allegan County and also Muskegon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muskegon 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 Olive
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Olive ...
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.
- Beaverdam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beaverdam is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
- Clark Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clark Corners is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Corners
- Crisp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crisp is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Ferrysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grand Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harlem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harlem is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Holland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Holland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Holland is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
- Pearline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pearline is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearline
- Pine Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Creek is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Rosy Mound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rosy Mound is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosy Mound
- Snug Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Snug Harbor is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Virginia Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Virginia Park is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Park
How Far From West Olive 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 Olive to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Olive and extending to:
- Grand Haven, which is the Seat of Ottawa County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Olive to Grand Haven, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 550 miles [885.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,077 miles [9,780 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,816 miles [10,969.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,700 miles [7,563.9 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- West Olive) 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 West Olive 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 Olive. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9286, Longitude: -86.1473 In this case, the coordinates for West Olive have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.434 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.342 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.507 degrees. |
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