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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 Apple Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Apple Valley 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 Apple Valley:
    • 37.104411, -113.126525
    • 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 Apple Valley
  • 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 Apple Valley ...

We found ten communities that share the name Apple Valley.

There is one other community in Utah which is also named Apple Valley.

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

  • Communities Located In Utah ...
    • Salt Lake County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Salt Lake County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Apple Valley that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Apple Valley.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Apple Valley is located in San Bernardino County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Apple Valley that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Apple Valley.
    • Georgia
      • Jackson County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Jackson County and lies 1,667 miles [2,682.8 km]<1> to the east of the Apple Valley that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Apple Valley.
      • Richmond County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Richmond County and lies 1,765 miles [2,840.5 km] to the east of the Apple Valley that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Apple Valley.
    • Idaho
      • Canyon County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Canyon County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Apple Valley that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Canyon County community of Apple Valley.
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Apple Valley [Cook County].
    • Minnesota
      • Dakota County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Dakota County and lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Apple Valley that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dakota County community of Apple Valley.
    • North Dakota
      • Burleigh County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Burleigh County and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Apple Valley that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burleigh County community of Apple Valley.
    • Oregon
      • Columbia 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 Oregon community of Apple Valley [Columbia County].
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • This Apple Valley is located in Richland County and lies 1,802 miles [2,900 km]<1> to the east of the Apple Valley that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Apple Valley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Apple Valley ...

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.

  • Adventure ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Adventure. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adventure
    • Adventure is located in Washington County
  • Big Plain Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Plain Junction
    • Big Plain Junction is located in Washington County
  • Browse
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browse
    • Browse is located in Washington County
  • Cane Beds
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Beds
    • Cane Beds is located in Mohave County (AZ)
  • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Harrisburg is located in Washington County
    • Former names for Harrisburg:
    • Cottonwood
    • Harrisville
  • Harrisburg Junction
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrisburg Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Junction
    • Harrisburg Junction is located in Washington County
  • Hurricane
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Zion ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Zion
    • Little Zion is located in Washington County
  • Rockville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Silver Reef ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Reef
    • Silver Reef is located in Washington County
  • Virgin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Zion Lodge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zion Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Lodge
    • Zion Lodge is located in Washington County

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

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

  • Saint George, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Apple Valley to Saint George, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,954 miles [3,144.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 111 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,253 miles [11,672.6 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 8,020 miles [12,906.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,986 miles [9,633.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Washington County: www.washco.state.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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Apple Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Apple Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1044, Longitude: -113.1265    
<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 Apple Valley 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>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>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.
<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 Apple Valley 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 332.501 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.86 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.675 degrees.




 

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