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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 Whaley Drain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whaley Drain 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 Whaley Drain:
- 42.653369, -84.676372
- 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 Whaley Drain
- 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 Eaton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eaton County
- Since Whaley Drain is near Ingham County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ingham County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Whaley Drain
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whaley Drain ...
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.
- Charlotte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Delta Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Delta Mills is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Mills
- Grand Ledge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kingsland is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Millett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Millett is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
- Millett has also been known as:
- Milletts
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Needmore is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Packard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Packard is located in Eaton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
- Potterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Whaley Drain 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 Whaley Drain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Whaley Drain and extending to:
- Charlotte, which is the Seat of Eaton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Whaley Drain to Charlotte, 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 just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 475 miles [764.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,036 miles [9,714 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,771 miles [10,896.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,652 miles [7,486.7 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- Whaley Drain) 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 Whaley Drain 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 Whaley Drain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6534, Longitude: -84.6764 In this case, the coordinates for Whaley Drain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.472 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.21 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.864 degrees. |
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