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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 Capitol Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Capitol Hill 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 Capitol Hill:
    • 40.784390, -111.867436
    • 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 Capitol Hill
  • 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 Capitol Hill 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 Capitol Hill

Communities Also Named Capitol Hill ...

We found seven communities that are also named Capitol Hill.

Within Utah, the name Capitol Hill is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Capitol Hill lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Capitol Hill that is located in Salt Lake County.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Capitol Hill [Fulton County].
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Capitol Hill is located in Burlington County and lies 1,929 miles [3,104.4 km]<1> to the east of the Capitol Hill that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Capitol Hill.
    • Oklahoma
      • Oklahoma County
      • This Capitol Hill is located in Oklahoma County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Capitol Hill that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma County community of Capitol Hill.
    • Oregon
      • Multnomah County
      • This Capitol Hill is located in Multnomah County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Capitol Hill that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Capitol Hill.
    • Tennessee
      • Franklin County
      • This Capitol Hill is located in Franklin County and lies 1,447 miles [2,328.7 km]<1> to the east of the Capitol Hill that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Capitol Hill.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Capitol Hill is located in King County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Capitol Hill that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Capitol Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Capitol Hill ...

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.

  • Capitol
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Capitol is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol
  • Colorado
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Colorado is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
  • Edwards
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Edwards is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
  • Ensign Downs
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Ensign Downs is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign Downs
  • Ensign Downs Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Ensign Downs Place is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign Downs Place
  • Federal-Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Federal-Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal-Heights
  • Fraternity Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Fraternity Park is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraternity Park
  • Glenn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Glenn is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
  • Grand View
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Grand View is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
  • Granite
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Granite is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
  • Hunters
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunters is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
  • Lake View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lake View is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Panorama
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Panorama is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama
    • Perrys Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Perrys Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Hollow
    • Pratts
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Pratts is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
    • Salt Lake City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Snow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Snow is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
    • Superior
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Superior is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
    • University
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • University is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
    • University Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • University Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
    • Virginia Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Virginia Heights is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights

How Far From Capitol Hill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Capitol Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Capitol Hill and extending to:

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the southwest (SW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,839 miles [2,959.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Capitol Hill to White House, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,996 miles [11,259 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,765 miles [12,496.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,744 miles [9,244.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Capitol Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Capitol Hill 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Capitol Hill 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 Capitol Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7844, Longitude: -111.8674       In this case, the coordinates for Capitol Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.908 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.468 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.752 degrees.