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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 Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bountiful Peak Summer Home 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 Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area:
- 40.973278, -111.808548
- 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 Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area
- 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 Summit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
- Since Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area is near Davis County and also Morgan 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 Morgan 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 Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area ...
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.
- Benchmark Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benchmark Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark Village
- Cave Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cave Hollow is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Hollow
- Center Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Center Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,530 people
- Former names for Centerville:
- Cherry Settlement
- Deuel Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <1>
- Cinnamon Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cinnamon Ridge is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
- Evergreen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Forest Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Park is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Green Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Meadows is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Hillcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hillside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Hillside Meadow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillside Meadow is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Meadow
- Island View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Island View is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- Lakeview Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lakeview Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Hills
- Major
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Major is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major
- Meadow Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Springs is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Springs
- Meadowbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Meadowbrook is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Moon Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moon Park is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Park
- Mountainside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mountainside is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainside
- Oak Lane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Lane is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lane
- Orchard View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard View is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
- Panorama
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Panorama is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama
- Pheasantbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pheasantbrook is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasantbrook
- Placid Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Placid Cove is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placid Cove
- Quail Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Quail Cove is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Cove
- Quail Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Quail Run is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Quailbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Quailbrook is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailbrook
- Randall Way
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Randall Way is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Way
- Rockwood Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwood Gardens is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Gardens
- Rolling Hills Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Stoney Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stoney Brook is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
- Summer Wood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Wood is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Wood
- Sunset Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
- Sunset Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sunset Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Twin Hollows
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Hollows is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Hollows
- Willow View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Willow View is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow View
- Woodland Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodland Springs is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Springs
How Far From Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area and extending to:
- Coalville, which is the Seat of Summit County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area to Coalville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,834 miles [2,951.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,983 miles [11,238 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 7,752 miles [12,475.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 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- Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area) 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 Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area 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 Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9733, Longitude: -111.8085 In this case, the coordinates for Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.879 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.451 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.704 degrees. |
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