Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Capitol, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Capitol and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Capitol
- 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:
- 40.775502, -111.890492
- 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 Capitol
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
- Since Capitol is near Davis County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Davis County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Capitol ...
We found nine communities that share the name Capitol.
Within Utah, the name Capitol is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Montana
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Capitol ...
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.
- Blaine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Bullock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Catherine Circle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catherine Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Circle
- Catherine Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- City Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Colorado
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Edwards
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Ensign Downs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ensign Downs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign Downs
- Ensign Downs is located in Salt Lake County
- Ensign Downs Place
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ensign Downs Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign Downs Place
- Ensign Downs Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Featherstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Featherstone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherstone
- Featherstone is located in Salt Lake County
- Federal-Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Federal-Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal-Heights
- Federal-Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Fountain Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Place
- Fountain Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Foxs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Continue List (29 more) ...
- Franklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Fraternity Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fraternity Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraternity Park
- Fraternity Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Glenn
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Golden Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
- Golden Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Grand View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Grand View is located in Salt Lake County
- Granite
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Great Westside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Westside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Westside
- Great Westside is located in Salt Lake County
- Holland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Hunters
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Jones
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Jordan Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordan Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
- Jordan Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Lake View
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Martins
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Mead Circle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mead Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Circle
- Mead Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Panorama
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Perrys Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perrys Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Hollow
- Perrys Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
- Poplar Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Place
- Poplar Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Pratts
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Rock Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Salt Lake City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204,087 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salt Lake City <4>
- Silver Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Park
- Silver Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Snow
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Superior
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Temple View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temple View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple View
- Temple View is located in Salt Lake County
- Thorn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - University
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- University is located in Salt Lake County
- Virginia Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights
- Virginia Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Wahoo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Willow Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Place
- Willow Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Franklin
How Far From Capitol 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 Capitol to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Capitol and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Capitol to White House, with an average speed<5>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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,997 miles [11,260.6 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 7,766 miles [12,498.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,745 miles [9,245.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Capitol. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Salt Lake County: www.slco.org/
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 Capitol 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Capitol) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Capitol. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7755, Longitude: -111.8905 In this case, the coordinates for Capitol have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Capitol 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 331.925 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.488 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.766 degrees. |