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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 Burr Oak Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burr Oak Addition 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 Burr Oak Addition:
    • 40.737169, -111.901047
    • 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 Burr Oak Addition
  • 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 Burr Oak Addition is near Davis County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davis 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 Burr Oak Addition

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burr Oak Addition ...

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.

  • Cannon
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cannon is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
  • City Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • City Park is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Park
  • Edwards
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Edwards is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
  • Fountain Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fountain Place is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Place
  • Foxs
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Foxs is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxs
  • Franklin
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Glenn
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Glenn is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
  • Granite
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Granite is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
  • High Avenue
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • High Avenue is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Avenue
  • Holland
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Holland is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Jordan Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jordan Place is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
  • Lincoln Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Lincoln Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
    • Martins
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Martins is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
    • Mead Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Mead Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Circle
    • Poplar Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Poplar Place is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Place
    • Roper
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Roper is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
    • Rural
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rural is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
    • Salt Lake City
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Sharp
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Sharp is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
    • Silver Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Silver Park is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Park
    • Syndicate Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Syndicate Place is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syndicate Place
    • Temple View
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Temple View is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple View
    • Thorn
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Thorn is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn
    • Victory Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Victory Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
    • Wahoo
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Wahoo is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo

How Far From Burr Oak Addition 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 Burr Oak Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the North.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the north (N).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,841 miles [2,962.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Burr Oak Addition 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 7,000 miles [11,265.4 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 7,768 miles [12,501.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,748 miles [9,250.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burr Oak Addition) 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 Burr Oak Addition 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 Burr Oak Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7372, Longitude: -111.9010       In this case, the coordinates for Burr Oak Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.93 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.49 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.775 degrees.