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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 Bonneville Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bonneville Center 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 Bonneville Center:
- 40.777723, -112.031607
- 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 Bonneville Center
- 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 Bonneville Center 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 Bonneville Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bonneville Center ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Blaine is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Bullock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bullock is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Catherine Circle
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Catherine Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Circle
- City Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- City Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Park
- Colorado
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Colorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
- Copperview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Copperview is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperview
- Crisp
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crisp is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Delta Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Delta Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Park
- El Dorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Equestrian Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Equestrian Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Springs
- Featherstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Featherstone is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherstone
- Fox Shadow
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fox Shadow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Shadow
- Continue List (27 more) ...
- Golden Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Golden Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
- Great Westside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Great Westside is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Westside
- High Avenue
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- High Avenue is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Avenue
- Highland Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Highland Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
- Hunter
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hunter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Hunter Farmes
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hunter Farmes is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Farmes
- Hunters
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hunters is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
- Jones
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jones is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Jonesdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jonesdale is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
- Jordan Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jordan Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
- Mallard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mallard is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
- Martins
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Martins is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
- Merry Lane
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Merry Lane is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Lane
- Orchard View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Orchard View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
- Poplar Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Poplar Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Place
- Progress
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Progress is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Rock Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rock Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Saltair ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Saltair is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltair
- Silver Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Silver Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Meadows
- Sue Ann
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sue Ann is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue Ann
- Sunny Side
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sunny Side is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Swallow
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Swallow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallow
- Teasel Downs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Teasel Downs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasel Downs
- Terminal
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Terminal is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminal
- Valley Down
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Down is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Down
- Willow Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Willow Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Cove
- Willow Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willow Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Place
How Far From Bonneville Center 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 Bonneville Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bonneville Center and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the East.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the east (E).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,847 miles [2,972.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bonneville Center 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 7,001 miles [11,267 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 7,769 miles [12,503 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bonneville Center) 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 Bonneville Center 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 Bonneville Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7777, Longitude: -112.0316 In this case, the coordinates for Bonneville Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.037 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.619 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.848 degrees. |
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