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Tidbits & Trivia

Introduction ...

Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Beyles Riverside Plot.

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Beyles Riverside Plot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beyles Riverside Plot and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Beyles Riverside Plot
  • 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 Beyles Riverside Plot:
    • 40.732169, -111.922159<1>
    • 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 Beyles Riverside Plot
  • 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 Beyles Riverside Plot 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 Beyles Riverside Plot

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beyles Riverside Plot ...

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
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Blaine is also located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
  • Bullock
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Bullock is also located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
  • Cannon
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cannon is also located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
  • City Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • City Park is also located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Park
  • Edwards
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Edwards is also located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
  • Fountain Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Fountain Place is also located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Place
  • Foxs
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Foxs is also located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxs
  • Franklin
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Franklin is also located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Glenn
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Glenn is also located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
  • Golden Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Golden Park is also located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
  • Granite
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Granite is also located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
  • Great Westside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Great Westside is also located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Westside
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Green Acres
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Green Acres is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
    • Hector Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hector Park is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Park
    • High Avenue
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • High Avenue is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Avenue
    • Holland
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Holland is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Hunters
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Hunters is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
    • Jones
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jones is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
    • Jordan Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jordan Place is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
    • Lincoln Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Lincoln Park is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Lincoln Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Lincoln Village is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
    • Maple Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Maple Meadows is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Meadows
    • Martins
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Martins is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
    • Mead Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Mead Circle is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Circle
    • Poplar Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Poplar Place is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Place
    • Roper
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Roper is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
    • Rural
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Rural is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
    • Salt Lake City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sharp
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Sharp is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
    • Silver Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Silver Park is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Park
    • Snow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Snow is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
    • Stone Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Stone Creek is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
    • Syndicate Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Syndicate Place is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syndicate Place
    • Temple View
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Temple View is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple View
    • Thorn
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Thorn is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn
    • Victory Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Victory Village is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
    • Wahoo
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Wahoo is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo

How Far From Beyles Riverside Plot 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 included the distance from a community such as Beyles Riverside Plot to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Beyles Riverside Plot and extending to:

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,842 miles [2,964.4 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Beyles Riverside Plot to White House, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,769 miles [12,503 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,749 miles [9,252.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Footnotes ...

<1>GPS Coordinates for Beyles Riverside Plot:
     Decimal: 40.73216, -111.922159
     DDMMSS: 40° 43' 55", -111° 55' 19"
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beyles Riverside Plot) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Beyles Riverside Plot 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 Beyles Riverside Plot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7322, Longitude: -111.9222       In this case, the coordinates for Beyles Riverside Plot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.946 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.509 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.788 degrees.