|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in East Lansing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Lansing 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 East Lansing:
- 42.568413, -76.469211
- 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 East Lansing
- 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 Tompkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
- Since East Lansing is near Cayuga County and also Seneca County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seneca 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 East Lansing
Communities Also Named East Lansing ...
We found one communities that are also named East Lansing.
Within New York, the name East Lansing is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named East Lansing in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Ingham County
- This East Lansing is located in Ingham County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the west of the East Lansing that is located in Tompkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ingham County community of East Lansing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Lansing ...
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.
- Belltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belltown is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Chipman Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chipman Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipman Corners
- Five Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Five Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Forest Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Freeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goosetree
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Goosetree is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goosetree
- Grotto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grotto is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grotto
- Head Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Head Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Corners
- Howland Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Howland Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Corners
- Krum Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Krum Corner is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum Corner
- Locke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Peruville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pine Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Hollow is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hollow
- Willow Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From East Lansing 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 East Lansing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Lansing and extending to:
- Ithaca, which is the Seat of Tompkins County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from East Lansing to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 255 miles [410.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,719 miles [9,203.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,314 miles [6,942.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Lansing) 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 East Lansing 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 East Lansing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5684, Longitude: -76.4692 In this case, the coordinates for East Lansing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.246 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.288 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.953 degrees. |
|
|