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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 Snyderville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snyderville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Snyderville:
    • 40.696616, -111.544279
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Snyderville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Snyderville ...

We found four communities that share the name Snyderville.

Within Utah, the name Snyderville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Snyderville is located in Saint Clair County and lies 1,487 miles [2,393.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Snyderville that is located in Summit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Snyderville.
    • New York
      • Columbia County
      • This Snyderville is located in Columbia County and lies 1,943 miles [3,127 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Snyderville that is located in Summit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Snyderville.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • This Snyderville is located in Clark County and lies 1,450 miles [2,333.5 km]<1> to the east of the Snyderville that is located in Summit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Snyderville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Snyderville [Armstrong County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Snyderville ...

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.

  • Burnt Flat
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Flat
    • Burnt Flat is located in Salt Lake County
  • Forest Glen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
    • Forest Glen is located in Salt Lake County
  • Forest Home
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Home have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
    • Forest Home is located in Salt Lake County
  • Garden City ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Garden City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
  • Jeremy Ranch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeremy Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremy Ranch
    • Jeremy Ranch is located in Summit County
  • Lady of the Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lady of the Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lady of the Lake
    • Lady of the Lake is located in Salt Lake County
  • Park City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Lodge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lodge
    • Pine Lodge is located in Salt Lake County
  • Pine Tree
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree
    • Pine Tree is located in Salt Lake County
  • Silver Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Fork
    • Silver Fork is located in Salt Lake County
  • Silver Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
    • Silver Springs is located in Summit County
  • Solitude
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Summit Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
    • Summit Park is located in Summit County

How Far From Snyderville 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 Snyderville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Snyderville and extending to:

  • Coalville, which is the Seat of Summit County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Snyderville to Coalville, with an average speed<6> 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.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,823 miles [2,933.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,762 miles [12,491.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,738 miles [9,234.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Snyderville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Summit County: www.co.summit.ut.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Snyderville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Snyderville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6966, Longitude: -111.5443    
<2>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 Snyderville 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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Snyderville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.646 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.151 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.571 degrees.




 

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