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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 Benview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Benview 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 Benview:
- 40.672725, -111.990494
- 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 Benview
- 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 Benview is near Davis County and also Tooele 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 Tooele 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 Benview
Curious and Interesting Names Near Benview ...
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.
- Cherrywood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cherrywood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood Village
- Cobblestone
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cobblestone is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone
- Creekview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Creekview is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekview
- Crown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crown is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Dial Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dial Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial Heights
- Frost
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Frost is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Green Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Green Tree is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Hall View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hall View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall View
- Harmony Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harmony Lane is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Lane
- Hector Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hector Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Heights
- Hector Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hector Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Village
- Hunter Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hunter Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Heights
- Continue List (26 more) ...
- Hunter Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hunter Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hills
- Hunter Stake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hunter Stake is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Stake
- Indian Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Jensen Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jensen Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen Circle
- Kingsgate
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kingsgate is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
- Little Trieste
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Little Trieste is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Trieste
- Mallard
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mallard is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
- Meadow Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadow Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Heights
- Meadow Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Meadow Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- Meadowgate
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Meadowgate is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowgate
- Melody Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Melody Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Park
- Park Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Park Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Heights
- Peachwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Peachwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachwood
- Rolling Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Springbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Springbrook is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Sundown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sundown is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
- Sunnybrook Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sunnybrook Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook Park
- Sunnygrove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sunnygrove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnygrove
- Sunset Downs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sunset Downs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Downs
- Sunset Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sunset Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Swallow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Swallow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallow
- Willow Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Willow Bay is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bay
- Willow Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Willow Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Cove
- Willow Green
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Willow Green is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Green
- Willow Run Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Willow Run Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run Park
- Woodledge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woodledge is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodledge
How Far From Benview to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Benview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Benview and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,846 miles [2,970.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Benview to White House, with an average speed<2>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 73 days.
- The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,775 miles [12,512.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,754 miles [9,260.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Benview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Benview 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 Benview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6727, Longitude: -111.9905 In this case, the coordinates for Benview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.994 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.56 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.832 degrees. |
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