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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 Utah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Utah 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 Utah:
- 39.060891, -84.898007
- 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 Utah
- 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 Dearborn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dearborn County
- Since Utah is near Boone County and also Ohio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio 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 Utah
Communities Also Named Utah ...
We found three communities that are also named Utah.
Within Indiana, the name Utah is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Warren County
- This Utah is located in Warren County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Utah that is located in Dearborn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Utah.
- Pennsylvania
- Indiana 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 Utah [Indiana County].
- Tennessee
- Decatur County
- This Utah is located in Decatur County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Utah that is located in Dearborn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Utah.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Utah ...
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.
- Aurora
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Buffalo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Buffalo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Bullittsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bullittsville is located in Boone County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullittsville
- Cold Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cold Springs is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Commissary Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Commissary Corner is located in Boone County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commissary Corner
- Elizabethtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Hamilton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Francisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Francisville is located in Boone County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisville
- Homestead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Homestead is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Idlewild
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Idlewild is located in Boone County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Rabbit Hash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rabbit Hash is located in Boone County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Hash
- Former name for Rabbit Hash:
- Carlton
- Rising Sun
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Texas
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Texas is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Valley Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Junction is located in Hamilton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
How Far From Utah to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Utah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Utah and extending to:
- Lawrenceburg, which is the Seat of Dearborn County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Utah to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 422 miles [679.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,936 miles [11,162.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Utah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Utah 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Utah 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 Utah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0609, Longitude: -84.8980 In this case, the coordinates for Utah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.675 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.917 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.09 degrees. |
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