Alta (Wasatch County, UT) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Alta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alta and the surrounding area.

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 Wasatch County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wasatch County

Communities Also Named Alta ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Alta.

There is one other community in Utah which is also named Alta.

Beyond Utah, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Utah ...
- Salt Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Alta [Salt Lake County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Alta [Fayette County].
- California
  - Placer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Alta [Placer County].
  - San Diego County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Alta [San Diego County].
- Colorado
  - San Miguel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Alta [San Miguel County].
- Illinois
  - Peoria County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Alta [Peoria County].
- Indiana
  - Vermillion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Alta [Vermillion County].
- Iowa
  - Buena Vista County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Alta [Buena Vista County].
- Kansas
  - Harvey 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 Kansas community of Alta [Harvey County].
  - Jewell County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alta [Jewell County].
  - Johnson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alta [Johnson County].
- Kentucky
  - Ohio 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 Kentucky community of Alta [Ohio County].
- Montana
  - Jefferson 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 Montana community of Alta [Jefferson County].
  - Ravalli County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Alta [Ravalli County].
- North Dakota
  - Barnes 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 North Dakota community of Alta [Barnes County].
- Ohio
  - Highland 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 Ohio community of Alta [Highland County].
  - Richland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Alta [Richland County].
- Tennessee
  - Shelby 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 Tennessee community of Alta [Shelby County].
- West Virginia
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alta [Fayette County].
  - Greenbrier County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alta [Greenbrier County].
- Wyoming
  - Teton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Alta [Teton County].

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Wasatch County: www.co.wasatch.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

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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 Alta 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.