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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 Whitmore Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitmore Lake 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 Whitmore Lake:
- 42.439479, -83.743830
- 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 Whitmore Lake
- 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since Whitmore Lake is near Oakland County and also Washtenaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oakland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washtenaw 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 Whitmore Lake
Communities Also Named Whitmore Lake ...
We found one communities that are also named Whitmore Lake.
There is one other community in Michigan that is also named Whitmore Lake.
Beyond Michigan.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Washtenaw County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Whitmore Lake [Washtenaw County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitmore Lake ...
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.
- Chalkerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chalkerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkerville
- Chalkerville has also been known as:
- Chalkers Landing
- Cherry Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Hill is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Chubb's Corners ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chubb's Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubb's Corners
- Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Fourmile Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fourmile Lake is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Lake
- Fourmile Lake has also been known as:
- Four Mile Lake
- Green Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Oak is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oak
- Hell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hell is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell
- Hell has also been known as:
- Hi Land Lake
- Highland Lake
- Hiland Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hell <2>
- Kaiserville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kaiserville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiserville
- Parishfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Parishfield is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishfield
- Pettysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pettysville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Plymouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Superior
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Superior is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
How Far From Whitmore Lake 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 Whitmore Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Whitmore Lake and extending to:
- Howell, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Whitmore Lake to Howell, with an average speed<4> 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 45 miles [72.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 427 miles [687.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,010 miles [9,672.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,743 miles [10,851.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,623 miles [7,440 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Whitmore Lake could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Whitmore Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Whitmore Lake 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 Whitmore Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4395, Longitude: -83.7438 In this case, the coordinates for Whitmore Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.871 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.497 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.479 degrees. |
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