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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 College Ward, we use the following websites to find information relevant to College Ward 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 College Ward:
- 41.676876, -111.879944
- 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 College Ward
- 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 Cache County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cache County
- Since College Ward is near Box Elder County and also Weber County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Box Elder County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weber 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 College Ward
Curious and Interesting Names Near College Ward ...
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.
- Crystal Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crystal Springs is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Deweyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Deweyville is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Former names for Deweyville:
- Dewey Spring
- Dewey
- Empey's Spring
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deweyville <1>
- Greens Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greens Corner is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Corner
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greenville is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Honeyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nibley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nibley is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nibley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,168 people
- Paradise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peter is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter
- Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From College Ward 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 College Ward to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in College Ward and extending to:
- Logan, which is the Seat of Cache County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from College Ward to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,832 miles [2,948.3 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 104 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,711 miles [12,409.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,696 miles [9,166.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- College Ward) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 College Ward 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 College Ward. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6769, Longitude: -111.8799 In this case, the coordinates for College Ward have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.999 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.652 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.69 degrees. |
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