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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 Candlestick Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Candlestick Park and the surrounding 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 Candlestick Park:
- 40.689947, -111.965493
- 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 Candlestick Park
- 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 Candlestick Park is near Davis County and also Tooele 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 Tooele 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 Candlestick Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Candlestick Park ...
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.
- Barbers
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Barbers is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbers
- Bowling Green
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bowling Green is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Cobblestone
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cobblestone is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone
- Crown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crown is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Frost
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Frost is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Green Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Green Tree is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Hall View
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hall View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall View
- Heatherglen
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Heatherglen is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherglen
- Hector Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hector Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Heights
- Hector Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hector Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Park
- Jensen Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jensen Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen Circle
- Kings Row
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kings Row is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Row
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Lee Ann
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lee Ann is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Ann
- Little Trieste
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Little Trieste is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Trieste
- Log Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Log Haven is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Haven
- Maple Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Maple Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Meadows
- Meadow Green
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadow Green is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Green
- Meadow Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meadow Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Heights
- Meadow Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meadow Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- Meadow Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Meadow Valley is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Valley
- Meadowgate
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meadowgate is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowgate
- Melody Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Melody Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Park
- Peachwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Peachwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachwood
- Rolling Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stone Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stone Creek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
- Sundown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sundown is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
- Sunnybrook Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunnybrook Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook Park
- Sunnygrove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunnygrove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnygrove
- Swallow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Swallow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallow
- Valley Down
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Valley Down is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Down
- Willow Green
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Willow Green is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Green
- Willow Run Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Willow Run Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run Park
How Far From Candlestick Park 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 Candlestick Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Candlestick Park and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,845 miles [2,969.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Candlestick Park to White House, with an average speed<2>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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,773 miles [12,509.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,752 miles [9,256.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Candlestick Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Candlestick Park 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 Candlestick Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6899, Longitude: -111.9655 In this case, the coordinates for Candlestick Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.976 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.54 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.816 degrees. |
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