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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 Cherry Farm Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherry Farm Estates 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 Cherry Farm Estates:
    • 41.120777, -111.922440
    • 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 Cherry Farm Estates
  • 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 Davis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davis County
    • Since Cherry Farm Estates is near Weber County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weber County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Cherry Farm Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherry Farm Estates ...

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.

  • Chapel Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Cottonwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cottonwood is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Diamond Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Diamond Oaks is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Oaks
  • Dreams End
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Dreams End is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreams End
  • Hartman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hartman is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
  • Heather Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Heather Hills is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Hills
  • Heatherglen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Heatherglen is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherglen
  • Hidden Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hidden Hollow is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hollow
  • High View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • High View is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High View
  • Indians Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Indians Hills is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indians Hills
  • Lester
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Lester is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
  • Oak Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Oak Hollow is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Quail Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Quail Creek is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
    • Quail Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Quail Hollow is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
    • Quail Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Quail Point is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Point
    • Rachels Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rachels Place is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rachels Place
    • Raintree
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Raintree is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
    • Rolling Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rolling Oaks is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Oaks
    • Royal Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Royal Oaks is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
    • Sahara Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sahara Village is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahara Village
    • Shadow Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Shadow Oaks is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Oaks
    • Tri Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Tri Oaks is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri Oaks
    • Valley Hi
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Valley Hi is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
    • Wooded Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Wooded Hills is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Hills
    • Yorkshire Meadow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Yorkshire Meadow is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Meadow

How Far From Cherry Farm Estates 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 Cherry Farm Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cherry Farm Estates and extending to:

  • Farmington, which is the Seat of Davis County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Cherry Farm Estates to Farmington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,839 miles [2,959.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 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 7,746 miles [12,466 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,728 miles [9,218.3 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- Cherry Farm Estates) 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 Cherry Farm Estates 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 Cherry Farm Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1208, Longitude: -111.9224       In this case, the coordinates for Cherry Farm Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.982 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.585 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.759 degrees.