Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Baker Mine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Baker Mine and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Baker Mine
- 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 Baker Mine:
- 40.673303, -111.690606
- 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 Baker Mine
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
- Since Baker Mine is near Summit County and also Utah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Summit County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Baker Mine ...
We found one communities that share the name Baker Mine.
Within Utah, the name Baker Mine is unique.
Beyond Utah, there is another community also named Baker Mine in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Iron 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 Michigan community of Baker Mine [Iron County].
- Michigan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Baker Mine ...
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.
- Bonnie View
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie View
- Bonnie View is located in Salt Lake County
- Burnt Flat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Flat
- Burnt Flat is located in Salt Lake County
- Forest Home
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Home have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Forest Home is located in Salt Lake County
- Garden City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Garden City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
- Merrywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Mount Olympus
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olympus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus
- Mount Olympus is located in Salt Lake County
- Mount Olympus Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olympus Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus Cove
- Mount Olympus Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Mount Olympus Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olympus Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus Hills
- Mount Olympus Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Mount Olympus Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olympus Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus Park
- Mount Olympus Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Pine Lodge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lodge
- Pine Lodge is located in Salt Lake County
- Pine Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Silver Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Fork
- Silver Fork is located in Salt Lake County
How Far From Baker Mine 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 Baker Mine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Baker Mine once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Baker Mine and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<5> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Baker Mine to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<6> 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 12 miles [19.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,830 miles [2,945.1 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 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,999 miles [11,263.8 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 7,767 miles [12,499.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,744 miles [9,244.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Salt Lake County: www.slco.org/
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 Baker Mine 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Baker Mine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Baker Mine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baker Mine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6733, Longitude: -111.6906 |
| <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 Baker Mine 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 331.758 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.282 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.658 degrees. |