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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 Brookside Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookside Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Brookside Park:
    • 40.646614, -111.837156
    • 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 Brookside Park
  • 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 Brookside Park is near Utah County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Utah 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 Brookside Park

Communities Also Named Brookside Park ...

We found six communities that are also named Brookside Park.

Within Utah, the name Brookside Park is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Mateo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Brookside Park [San Mateo County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Brookside Park [New Castle County].
    • New York
      • Rockland County
      • This Brookside Park is located in Rockland County and lies 1,960 miles [3,154.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Brookside Park that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockland County community of Brookside Park.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • This Brookside Park is located in Franklin County and lies 1,522 miles [2,449.4 km]<2> to the east of the Brookside Park that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Brookside Park.
      • Pickaway County
      • This Brookside Park is located in Pickaway County and lies 1,520 miles [2,446.2 km] to the east of the Brookside Park that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickaway County community of Brookside Park.
      • Trumbull County
      • This Brookside Park is located in Trumbull County and lies 1,608 miles [2,587.8 km] to the east of the Brookside Park that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Brookside Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookside Park ...

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.

  • Bee and Gee
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Bee and Gee is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee and Gee
  • Blue Spruce
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Blue Spruce is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Spruce
  • Cherry Tree Lane
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cherry Tree Lane is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree Lane
  • Chevy Chase
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Chevy Chase is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase
  • Cottonwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Cottonwood Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cottonwood Acres is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Acres
  • Cottonwood Glade
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cottonwood Glade is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Glade
  • Cottonwood Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cottonwood Hills is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Hills
  • Cottonwood Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cottonwood Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Meadows
  • Cottonwood Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cottonwood Park is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Park
  • Cottonwood Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cottonwood Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Ridge
  • Cottonwood Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cottonwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Village
  • Continue List   (37 more) ...
    • Crown Colony
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Crown Colony is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Colony
    • Dairy Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Dairy Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairy Meadows
    • Ethel Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Ethel Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel Gardens
    • Fawn Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Fawn Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Gardens
    • Flamingo Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Flamingo Hills is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamingo Hills
    • Gill
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Gill is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
    • Green Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Green Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
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    • Haven Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Haven Grove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Grove
    • Haven Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Haven Place is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Place
    • Heather Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Heather Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Circle
    • Helm
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Helm is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
    • Hillside Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Hillside Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
    • Holly Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Holly Heights is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Heights
    • Indian Wells
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Indian Wells is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Wells
    • International Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • International Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for International Gardens
    • Jamestown
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Jamestown is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Jeremy
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Jeremy is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremy
    • Lazy Bar
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Lazy Bar is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Bar
    • Locust Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Locust Grove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Nathan Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Nathan Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan Circle
    • Olympus View
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Olympus View is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympus View
    • Paradise Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Paradise Park is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
    • Peony Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Peony Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peony Gardens
    • Pheasant Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Pheasant Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Hollow
    • Ridge Road
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Ridge Road is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Road
    • Rolling Knolls
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rolling Knolls is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Knolls
    • Shadow Mountain
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Shadow Mountain is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Mountain
    • Shady Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Shady Grove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Spring Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Spring Run is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Run
    • Sunrise Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Sunrise Hills is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Hills
    • Sycamore Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Sycamore Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Gardens
    • Tall Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Tall Oaks is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Oaks
    • Twin Peaks Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Twin Peaks Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Peaks Circle
    • Walnut Brook
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Walnut Brook is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Brook
    • Wander Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Wander Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wander Village
    • Wildwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Wildwood is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Willow Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Willow Hill is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Hill

How Far From Brookside Park 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 Brookside Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brookside Park and extending to:

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
  • 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 Brookside Park 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 7,004 miles [11,271.8 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 7,772 miles [12,507.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Brookside Park could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 from Point A (ie- Brookside Park) 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 Brookside Park 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 Brookside Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6466, Longitude: -111.8372       In this case, the coordinates for Brookside Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.871 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.413 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.745 degrees.