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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 Amherst Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amherst Park 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 Amherst Park:
    • 40.644392, -111.906047
    • 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 Amherst Park
  • 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 Salt Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
    • Since Amherst Park is near Davis County and also Utah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davis County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Utah 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 Amherst Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Amherst Park ...

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.

  • Bee and Gee
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bee and Gee is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee and Gee
  • Best View
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Best View is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best View
  • Bridlewalk
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bridlewalk is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridlewalk
  • Clover Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Clover Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hollow
  • Coral Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Coral Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Heights
  • Dairy Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dairy Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairy Meadows
  • Emerald Isle
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Emerald Isle is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Isle
  • Erin Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Erin Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Meadows
  • Fisher Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fisher Place is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Place
  • Grant
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Grant is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
  • Landings at Riverbend
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Landings at Riverbend is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landings at Riverbend
  • Liberty ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Liberty is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Majestic Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Majestic Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Village
    • Misty Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Misty Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Meadows
    • Murray
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Murray is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,355 people
      • Murray has also been known as:
      • Murray City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <1>
    • Normandy
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Normandy is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
    • Ridge Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Ridge Creek is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Creek
    • Riverbend
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Riverbend is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
    • Stevenson Island
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Stevenson Island is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Island
    • Sunrise
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Sunrise is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
    • Sunstone
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Sunstone is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunstone
    • Twin Peaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Twin Peaks is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Peaks
    • Twin Willows
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Twin Willows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Willows
    • Valley Center
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Valley Center is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Center
    • Walnut Brook
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Walnut Brook is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Brook
    • Xanadu
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Xanadu is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xanadu

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Amherst Park and extending to:

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the North.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the north (N).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,842 miles [2,964.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Amherst Park to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 105 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 72 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,774 miles [12,511 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,753 miles [9,258.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Amherst Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Amherst Park 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 Amherst Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6444, Longitude: -111.9060       In this case, the coordinates for Amherst Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.925 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.476 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.785 degrees.