Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Christmas Meadow Summer Home 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 Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area:
  • 40.826891, -110.807671
  • 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 Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area

• 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 Summit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
  • Since Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area is near Uinta County and also Duchesne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Uinta County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Duchesne 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 Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area

Curious and Interesting Names Near Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area ...

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.

• Aspen
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Aspen is located in Uinta County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen
• Beartown
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Beartown is located in Uinta County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
• Castle Rock ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Castle Rock is located in Summit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
• Francis
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Francis is located in Summit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,611 people
• Grass Creek ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Grass Creek is located in Summit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
• Marion
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion is located in Summit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Former names for Marion:
  • Boulderville
  • Morell
• Moon Lake Lodge
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Moon Lake Lodge is located in Duchesne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Lake Lodge
• Moon Lake Resort
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Moon Lake Resort is located in Duchesne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Lake Resort

How Far From Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area 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 Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area and extending to:

• Coalville, which is the Seat of Summit County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area to Coalville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
• Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,783 miles [2,869.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,967 miles [11,212.3 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 7,735 miles [12,448.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,707 miles [9,184.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'