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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 Box Elder Fort, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Box Elder Fort 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 Box Elder Fort:
- 41.516869, -112.018773
- 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 Box Elder Fort
- 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 Box Elder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Box Elder County
- Since Box Elder Fort is near Cache County and also Weber County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cache County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weber 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 Box Elder Fort
Curious and Interesting Names Near Box Elder Fort ...
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.
- Cherrywood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cherrywood is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
- Cottonwood Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Crystal Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crystal Springs is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Deweyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Evans
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greens Corner is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Corner
- Hill Top
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hill Top is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Honeyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Indian Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Indian Hills is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Irene
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Irene is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Lakeview Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Majestic Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Majestic Heights is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Heights
- Mountain Shadows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mountain Shadows is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadows
- Nibley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nibley is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nibley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,168 people
- Paradise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Paradise Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Paradise Hills is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
- Pleasant View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,808 people
- Scottish Highlands
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Scottish Highlands is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottish Highlands
- Sunny Slope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sunny Slope is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slope
- Willow Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Box Elder Fort 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 Box Elder Fort to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Box Elder Fort once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Box Elder Fort and extending to:
- Brigham City, which is the Seat of Box Elder County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Box Elder Fort to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,840 miles [2,961.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,955 miles [11,193 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 7,724 miles [12,430.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,709 miles [9,187.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Box Elder Fort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Box Elder Fort) 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 Box Elder Fort 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 Box Elder Fort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5169, Longitude: -112.0188 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.094 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.75 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.785 degrees. |
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