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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 Wickware, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wickware 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 Wickware:
- 43.605018, -83.037165
- 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 Wickware
- 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 Sanilac County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanilac County
- Since Wickware is near Tuscola County and also Huron County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscola County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huron 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 Wickware
Communities Also Named Wickware ...
We found two communities that are also named Wickware.
Within Michigan, the name Wickware is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Newton 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 Mississippi community of Wickware [Newton County].
- Wisconsin
- Barron County
- This Wickware is located in Barron County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Wickware that is located in Sanilac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barron County community of Wickware.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wickware ...
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.
- Argyle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Argyle is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Bad Axe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Decker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Decker is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Elmer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elmer is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Gagetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hemans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hemans is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemans
- Ivanhoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ivanhoe is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Palms
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Palms is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palms
- Parisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parisville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parisville
- Peatville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Peatville is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peatville
How Far From Wickware 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 Wickware to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wickware and extending to:
- Sandusky, which is the Seat of Sanilac County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wickware to Sandusky, 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 five to six hours.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 449 miles [722.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,930 miles [9,543.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,666 miles [10,727.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,547 miles [7,317.7 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Wickware 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Wickware) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Wickware 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 Wickware. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6050, Longitude: -83.0372 In this case, the coordinates for Wickware have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.357 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.089 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.718 degrees. |
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