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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 Brooktree Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brooktree Estates 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 Brooktree Estates:
    • 40.624392, -111.839656
    • 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 Brooktree Estates
  • 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 Brooktree Estates 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 Brooktree Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brooktree Estates ...

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 northwest)
    • Bee and Gee is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee and Gee
  • Butler Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Butler Hills is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Hills
  • Cherry Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cherry Hills is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hills
  • Cherry Tree Lane
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cherry Tree Lane is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree Lane
  • Cotton Wood Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cotton Wood Cove is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Wood Cove
  • Cottonwood Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cottonwood Acres is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Acres
  • Cottonwood Glade
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cottonwood Glade is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Glade
  • Cottonwood Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Cottonwood Manor
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cottonwood Manor is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Manor
  • Cottonwood Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cottonwood Park is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Park
  • Cottonwood Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cottonwood Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Ridge
  • Cottonwood Slopes
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cottonwood Slopes is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Slopes
  • Continue List   (38 more) ...
    • Cottonwood Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Cottonwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Village
    • Creek Crest
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Creek Crest is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Crest
    • Enchanted Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Enchanted Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Village
    • Flat Iron Mesa
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Flat Iron Mesa is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Iron Mesa
    • Forest Creek Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Forest Creek Cove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Creek Cove
    • Gill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Gill is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
    • Haven Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Haven Grove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Grove
    • Helm
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Helm is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
    • Hidden Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Hidden Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Meadows
    • Hidden Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Hidden Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
    • Hillside Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Hillside Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
    • Holly Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Holly Heights is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Heights
    • Horizon Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Horizon Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horizon Circle
    • 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 north)
      • Jamestown is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Jeremy
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jeremy is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremy
    • Lazy Bar
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Lazy Bar is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Bar
    • Little Cottonwood Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Olympus View
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Olympus View is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympus View
    • Peruvian Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Peruvian Park is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruvian Park
    • Phoenician Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Phoenician Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenician Gardens
    • Pine Mountain
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Pine Mountain is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
    • Riverwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Riverwood is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
    • Rolling Knolls
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Rolling Knolls is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Knolls
    • Royal Lane
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Royal Lane is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Lane
    • Shady Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Shady Grove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Silver Shadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Silver Shadows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Shadows
    • Sunburst Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sunburst Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburst Circle
    • Sunrise Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sunrise Hills is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Hills
    • Tall Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Tall Oaks is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Oaks
    • Terrace Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Terrace Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Circle
    • Union
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Union is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Union View
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Union View is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union View
    • Valley Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Valley Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ridge
    • Walnut Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Warranty
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Warranty is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warranty
    • Wildwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Wildwood is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Willow Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Willow Hill is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Hill

How Far From Brooktree Estates 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 Brooktree Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brooktree Estates and extending to:

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brooktree Estates to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,839 miles [2,959.6 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 7,005 miles [11,273.5 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 7,774 miles [12,511 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,752 miles [9,256.9 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 '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- Brooktree Estates) 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 Brooktree Estates 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 Brooktree Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6244, Longitude: -111.8397       In this case, the coordinates for Brooktree Estates 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 331.411 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.748 degrees.