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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 Wic-a-te-wah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wic-a-te-wah 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 Wic-a-te-wah:
- 44.355835, -86.223977
- 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 Wic-a-te-wah
- 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 Manistee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Manistee County
- Since Wic-a-te-wah is near Benzie County and also Mason County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benzie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason 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 Wic-a-te-wah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wic-a-te-wah ...
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.
- Bear Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chief Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chief Lake is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Dublin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dublin is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Filer City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Filer City is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer City
- Free Soil
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Henry ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Henry is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Malcolm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Malcolm is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
- Newland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Newland is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Red Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Red Park is located in Manistee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Park
How Far From Wic-a-te-wah to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wic-a-te-wah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wic-a-te-wah and extending to:
- Manistee, which is the Seat of Manistee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wic-a-te-wah to Manistee, 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 139 miles [223.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 605 miles [973.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,012 miles [9,675.4 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 4,644 miles [7,473.8 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- Wic-a-te-wah) 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 Wic-a-te-wah 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 Wic-a-te-wah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3558, Longitude: -86.2240 In this case, the coordinates for Wic-a-te-wah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.441 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.559 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.079 degrees. |
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