Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wattis Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wattis Junction and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wattis Junction
- 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 Wattis Junction:
- 39.534133, -110.993499
- 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 Wattis Junction
- 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Since Wattis Junction is near Emery County and also Sanpete County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Emery County
- eBird sighting report for Sanpete 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wattis Junction ...
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.
- Carbonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonville
- Carbonville is located in Carbon County
- Clear Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Clear Creek is located in Carbon County
- Coal City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Coal City is located in Carbon County
- Former names for Coal City:
- Cedar Mesa Ranch
- Dempsey City
- Dempseyville
- Great Western
- Oak Springs Bench
- Consumers ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Helper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helper
- Helper is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,141 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helper <2>
- Hiawatha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
- Hiawatha is located in Carbon County
- Mutual ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - National ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Peerless ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
- Peerless is located in Carbon County
- Price
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Price have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Price is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,427 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Price <2>
- Rains ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Spring Canyon ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Canyon
- Spring Canyon is located in Carbon County
- Spring Canyon has also been known as:
- Storrs
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Spring Glen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Glen
- Spring Glen is located in Carbon County
- Standardville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standardville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standardville
- Standardville is located in Carbon County
- Sweet ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Wildcat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Glen
How Far From Wattis Junction 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 Wattis Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Wattis Junction and extending to:
- Price, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wattis Junction to Price, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 1,806 miles [2,906.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,050 miles [11,345.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,818 miles [12,581.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,783 miles [9,306.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wattis Junction. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Carbon County: www.carboncountyutah.com/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wattis Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wattis Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5341, Longitude: -110.9935 In this case, the coordinates for Wattis Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Wattis Junction to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.099 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.403 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.337 degrees. |