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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 White Birch Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Birch Estates 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 White Birch Estates:
- 45.808333, -88.030556
- 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 White Birch Estates
- 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 Dickinson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickinson County
- Since White Birch Estates is near Marinette County and also Florence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marinette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Florence 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 White Birch Estates
Communities Also Named White Birch Estates ...
We found two communities that are also named White Birch Estates.
Within Michigan, the name White Birch Estates is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This White Birch Estates is located in Carroll County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the White Birch Estates that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of White Birch Estates.
- New York
- Saratoga County
- This White Birch Estates is located in Saratoga County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the east of the White Birch Estates that is located in Dickinson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of White Birch Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Birch Estates ...
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.
- Aurora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aurora is located in Florence County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Granite Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Granite Bluff is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Bluff
- Hematite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hematite is located in Florence County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Iron Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pulp
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pulp is located in Florence County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulp
- Skidmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Skidmore is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
- Spread Eagle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spread Eagle is located in Florence County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread Eagle
- Vulcan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
How Far From White Birch Estates 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 White Birch Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in White Birch Estates and extending to:
- Iron Mountain, which is the Seat of Dickinson County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from White Birch Estates to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 735 miles [1,182.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,006 miles [9,665.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,755 miles [10,871.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,653 miles [7,488.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- White Birch Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 White Birch Estates 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 White Birch Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8083, Longitude: -88.0306 In this case, the coordinates for White Birch Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.62 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.104 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.553 degrees. |
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