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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 Tappan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Tappan 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 Tappan:
- 42.970307, -82.543252
- 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 Tappan
- 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 Saint Clair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Since West Tappan is near Macomb County and also Sanilac County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macomb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanilac 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 Tappan
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Tappan ...
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.
- Columbus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coronation Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gardendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gardendale is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
- Lambs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lambs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs
- Lambs has also been known as:
- Lamb
- Marysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mooretown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rattle Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rattle Run is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattle Run
- Ruby
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- South Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Wees Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
How Far From West Tappan 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 Tappan 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 Tappan and extending to:
- Port Huron, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies just to the East.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from West Tappan 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 401 miles [645.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,941 miles [9,561.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,552 miles [7,325.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Tappan) 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 Tappan 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 Tappan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9703, Longitude: -82.5433 In this case, the coordinates for West Tappan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.068 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.667 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.704 degrees. |
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