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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 Bryants Fork Summer Home Area, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bryants Fork Summer Home Area and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bryants Fork 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 Bryants Fork Summer Home Area:
- 40.174956, -111.184059
- 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 Bryants Fork 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 Wasatch County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wasatch County
- Since Bryants Fork Summer Home Area is near Utah County and also Duchesne 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 Duchesne 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 Bryants Fork Summer Home Area
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bryants Fork 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.
- Covered Bridge Canyon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mill Fork ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Fork is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Fork
- Patrick Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Patrick Place is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Place
- Sky View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sky View is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky View
- Soldier Summit ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Soldier Summit is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Summit
- Thistle ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thistle is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistle
- Three Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Three Forks is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Timber Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tucker ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tucker is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Former name for Tucker:
- Clear Creek
How Far From Bryants Fork Summer Home Area to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bryants Fork 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 Bryants Fork Summer Home Area and extending to:
- Heber City, which is the Seat of Wasatch County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bryants Fork Summer Home Area to Heber City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 55 miles [88.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,809 miles [2,911.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,016 miles [11,291.2 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 7,784 miles [12,527.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,755 miles [9,261.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bryants Fork 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 Bryants Fork 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 Bryants Fork Summer Home Area. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1750, Longitude: -111.1841 In this case, the coordinates for Bryants Fork Summer Home Area have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.313 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.712 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.401 degrees. |
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