Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Camp Floyd, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camp Floyd and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Camp Floyd
- 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 Camp Floyd:
- 40.259752, -112.092785
- 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 Camp Floyd
- 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 Utah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Utah County
- Since Camp Floyd is near Tooele County and also Weber County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tooele County
- eBird sighting report for Weber 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 Camp Floyd ...
We found one communities that share the name Camp Floyd.
There is one other community in Utah which is also named Camp Floyd.
Beyond Utah.
- Communities Located In Utah ...
- Unknown
- The profile page for Camp Floyd #1 [County unknown]
- 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 Utah community of Camp Floyd.
- Unknown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Camp Floyd ...
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.
- Ajax ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
- Ajax is located in Tooele County
- Former name for Ajax:
- Center
- American Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Fork
- American Fork is located in Utah County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,896 people
- Former names for American Fork:
- Lake City
- McArthursville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Fork <2>
- Bluffdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffdale
- Bluffdale is located in Salt Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,828 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluffdale <2>
- Cedar Fort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Fort
- Cedar Fort is located in Utah County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Clover Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Station
- Clover Station is located in Tooele County
- Eagle Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mountain
- Eagle Mountain is located in Utah County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42,013 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Mountain <2>
- Jacob City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jacob City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
- Jacob City is located in Tooele County
- Jordan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Lark ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Marblewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marblewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblewood
- Marblewood is located in Salt Lake County
- Medallion Cove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medallion Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medallion Cove
- Medallion Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Pelican Point ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pelican Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Point
- Pelican Point is located in Utah County
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- Sunshine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Vineyard
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Western Charm
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Western Charm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Charm
- Western Charm is located in Salt Lake County
- Wing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sunshine ‑ Historic
How Far From Camp Floyd 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 Camp Floyd 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<5> community of Camp Floyd once stood, the straight-line distance<6> beginning in Camp Floyd and extending to:
- Provo, which is the Seat of Utah County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<6> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Camp Floyd to Provo, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 36 miles [57.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,855 miles [2,985.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,034 miles [11,320.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,802 miles [12,556.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,780 miles [9,302 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Utah County: www.co.utah.ut.us/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Camp Floyd 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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 Camp Floyd, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Camp Floyd) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Camp Floyd. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2598, Longitude: -112.0928 |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Camp Floyd to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.035 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.573 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.921 degrees. |