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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 Beverly Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beverly Addition 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 Beverly Addition:
- 40.796612, -111.970217
- 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 Beverly Addition
- 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 Beverly Addition is near Davis County and also Summit 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 Summit 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 Beverly Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beverly Addition ...
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.
- Blaine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blaine is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Bullock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bullock is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Capitol
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Capitol is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol
- Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Castle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Catherine Circle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Catherine Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Circle
- City Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- City Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Park
- Colorado
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Colorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
- Ensign Downs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ensign Downs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign Downs
- Ensign Downs Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ensign Downs Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign Downs Place
- Featherstone
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Featherstone is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherstone
- Fountain Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Place
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Continue List (29 more) ...
- Garden Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Grove is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
- Golden Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
- Great Westside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Great Westside is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Westside
- High Avenue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- High Avenue is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Avenue
- Hillside Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Gardens is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Gardens
- Hillside Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Oaks is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Oaks
- Hot Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Hunters
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
- Jones
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Jordan Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
- Lake View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lake View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Martins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Martins is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
- Mead Circle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mead Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Circle
- Orchard Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Panorama
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Panorama is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama
- Paul
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paul is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
- Poplar Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Place
- Rock Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Salt Lake City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Park
- Snow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Snow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
- Sundown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sundown is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
- Superior
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Superior is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Terminal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Terminal is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminal
- University
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- University is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- Valley Side
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Side is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Side
- Valley Side Circle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Side Circle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Side Circle
- Wildwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Willow Place
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Willow Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Place
How Far From Beverly Addition 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 Beverly Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beverly Addition and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the southeast (SE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,844 miles [2,967.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Beverly Addition 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 6,998 miles [11,262.2 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 7,766 miles [12,498.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,747 miles [9,248.9 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- Beverly Addition) 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 Beverly Addition 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 Beverly Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7966, Longitude: -111.9702 In this case, the coordinates for Beverly Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.99 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.566 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.811 degrees. |
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