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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 Wallsburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wallsburg 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 Wallsburg:
    • 40.387701, -111.422687
    • 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 Wallsburg
  • 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 Wallsburg ...

We found one communities that share the name Wallsburg.

Within Utah, the name Wallsburg is unique.

Beyond Utah, there is another community also named Wallsburg in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Elmore 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 Alabama community of Wallsburg [Elmore County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wallsburg ...

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.

  • Christmas City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christmas City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas City
    • Christmas City is located in Utah County
  • Daniel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
    • Daniel is located in Wasatch County
    • Estimated population in 2015: 1,058 people
  • Deer Creek ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Deer Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
    • Deer Creek is located in Utah County
  • Forest City ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Forest City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
    • Forest City is located in Utah County
  • Independence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Independence is located in Wasatch County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
  • Mound City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
    • Mound City is located in Wasatch County
  • Mountain Spa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Spa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Spa
    • Mountain Spa is located in Wasatch County
  • Mutual Dell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Dell
    • Mutual Dell is located in Utah County
  • Sundance
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Timber Lakes
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Lakes
    • Timber Lakes is located in Wasatch County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Timber Lakes <4>
  • Wicks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wicks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicks
    • Wicks is located in Utah County
  • Wildwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Wildwood is located in Utah County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Wallsburg and extending to:

  • Heber City, which is the Seat of Wasatch County, lies just to the North.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<5> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Wallsburg to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,819 miles [2,927.4 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 71 days and walking would take 104 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,009 miles [11,279.9 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 7,777 miles [12,515.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

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

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

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wallsburg 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>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.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Wallsburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wallsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3877, Longitude: -111.4227    
<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 Wallsburg 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 331.52 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.976 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.524 degrees.









 

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