Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Burbank, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burbank and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Burbank
- 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 Burbank:
- 38.778841, -114.042949
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Burbank
- 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 Millard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Millard County
- Since Burbank is near White Pine County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for White Pine County
- eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Burbank ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Burbank.
Within Utah, the name Burbank is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Burbank is located in Los Angeles County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Burbank that is located in Millard County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Burbank.
- Santa Clara County
- This Burbank is located in Santa Clara County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km] to the west of the Burbank that is located in Millard County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Burbank.
- Florida
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Ohio
- Medina County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Burbank [Medina County].
- Wayne County
- This Burbank is located in Wayne County and lies 1,695 miles [2,727.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Burbank that is located in Millard County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Burbank.
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burbank ...
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.
- Black Horse ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
- Black Horse is located in White Pine County (NV)
- Minerva ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
How Far From Burbank 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 Burbank 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 community of Burbank once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Burbank and extending to:
- Fillmore, which is the Seat of Millard County, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could drive a straight line from Burbank to Fillmore, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 177 miles [284.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,976 miles [3,180.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,172 miles [11,542.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,941 miles [12,779.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,924 miles [9,533.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burbank) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burbank. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7788, Longitude: -114.0429 |
| <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 Burbank, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Burbank 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Burbank to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.426 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.101 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.135 degrees. |