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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 on the Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bonneville on the Hill 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 on the Hill:
- 40.773280, -111.846880
- 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 on the Hill
- 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 on the Hill 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 Bonneville on the Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bonneville on the Hill ...
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.
- Capitol
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Capitol is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol
- Ensign Downs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ensign Downs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign Downs
- Ensign Downs Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ensign Downs Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign Downs Place
- Federal-Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Federal-Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal-Heights
- Fraternity Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fraternity Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraternity Park
- Grand View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Grand View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Panorama
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Panorama is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama
- Perrys Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Perrys Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Hollow
- Pratts
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pratts is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Salt Lake City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- University Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- University Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Virginia Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Virginia Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights
How Far From Bonneville on the Hill 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 Bonneville on the Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bonneville on the Hill and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,838 miles [2,958 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bonneville on the Hill 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 6,996 miles [11,259 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 7,765 miles [12,496.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,744 miles [9,244.1 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Bonneville on the Hill) 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 Bonneville on the Hill 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 on the Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7733, Longitude: -111.8469 In this case, the coordinates for Bonneville on the Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.891 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.447 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.741 degrees. |
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