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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 Daniel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Daniel 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 Daniel:
    • 40.470865, -111.41446
    • 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 Daniel
  • 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 Wasatch County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wasatch County
    • Since Daniel is near Utah County and also Salt Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Utah County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Salt Lake 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 Daniel

Communities Also Named Daniel ...

We found nine communities that are also named Daniel.

Within Utah, the name Daniel is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bryan County
      • This Daniel is located in Bryan County and lies 1,765 miles [2,840.5 km]<1> to the east of the Daniel that is located in Wasatch County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Daniel.
      • Wilkes County
      • This Daniel is located in Wilkes County and lies 1,631 miles [2,624.8 km] to the east of the Daniel that is located in Wasatch County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Daniel.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Daniel is located in Carroll County and lies 1,808 miles [2,909.7 km]<1> to the east of the Daniel that is located in Wasatch County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Daniel.
    • Mississippi
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Daniel [Jackson County].
      • Smith County
      • This Daniel is located in Smith County and lies 1,332 miles [2,143.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Daniel that is located in Wasatch County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Daniel.
    • South Carolina
      • Edgefield County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Daniel [Edgefield County].
    • Texas
      • Houston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Daniel [Houston County].
    • Virginia
      • Orange County
      • This Daniel is located in Orange County and lies 1,780 miles [2,864.6 km]<1> to the east of the Daniel that is located in Wasatch County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Daniel.
    • Wyoming
      • Sublette County
      • This Daniel is located in Sublette County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Daniel that is located in Wasatch County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sublette County community of Daniel.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Daniel ...

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.

How Far From Daniel 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 town such as Daniel to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Daniel and extending to:

  • Heber City, which is the Seat of Wasatch County, lies just to the North.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Daniel to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,818 miles [2,925.8 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 71 days and walking would take 104 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,772 miles [12,507.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Daniel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Daniel 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Daniel 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 Daniel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4709, Longitude: -111.4145    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.522 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.986 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.513 degrees.