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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 Damron Way, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Damron Way 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 Damron Way:
- 40.708001, -112.073830
- 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 Damron Way
- 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 Damron Way is near Tooele County and also Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davis 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 Damron Way
Curious and Interesting Names Near Damron Way ...
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.
- Copper Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Copper Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cove
- Copper Hills Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Copper Hills Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hills Heights
- Copperview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Copperview is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperview
- Cyprus Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cyprus Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyprus Heights
- Equestrian Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Equestrian Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Springs
- Falconcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Falconcrest is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falconcrest
- Glen Heather
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glen Heather is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Heather
- Highland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Highland is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Highland Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Highland Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
- Hunter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Hunter Farmes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hunter Farmes is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Farmes
- Jonesdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesdale is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- King Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- King Valley is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Valley
- Majestic Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Majestic Grove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Grove
- Martin Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Martin Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Village
- Orchard View
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Orchard View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
- Progress
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Progress is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Silver Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Silver Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Meadows
- Sue Ann
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sue Ann is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue Ann
- Sunny Side
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sunny Side is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Teasel Downs
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Teasel Downs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasel Downs
How Far From Damron Way to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Damron Way to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Damron Way and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Damron Way to Salt Lake City, 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 9 miles [14.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,850 miles [2,977.3 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 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 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 7,774 miles [12,511 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,755 miles [9,261.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Damron Way) 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 Damron Way 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 Damron Way. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7080, Longitude: -112.0738 In this case, the coordinates for Damron Way have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.063 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.645 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.878 degrees. |
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