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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 Deer Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek:
    • 40.482303, -111.644428
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Deer Creek
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Deer Creek ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Deer Creek.

Within Utah, the name Deer Creek is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Gila County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Gila County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the south of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gila County community of Deer Creek.
      • Maricopa County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Maricopa County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km] to the south of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Deer Creek.
    • Arkansas
      • Grant County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Grant County and lies 1,137 miles [1,829.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Deer Creek.
    • California
      • Tehama County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Tehama County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the west of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tehama County community of Deer Creek.
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Sussex County and lies 1,907 miles [3,069 km]<1> to the east of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Deer Creek.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,858 miles [2,990.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Deer Creek.
    • Georgia
      • Carroll 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 Georgia community of Deer Creek [Carroll County].
    • Idaho
      • Clearwater 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 Idaho community of Deer Creek [Clearwater County].
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Tazewell County and lies 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km]<1> to the east of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Deer Creek.
    • Indiana
      • Carroll County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Carroll County and lies 1,320 miles [2,124.3 km]<1> to the east of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Deer Creek.
      • Lake County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Lake County and lies 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km] to the east of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Deer Creek.
    • Iowa
      • Worth County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Worth County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worth County community of Deer Creek.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,857 miles [2,988.6 km]<1> to the east of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Deer Creek.
      • Harford 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 Maryland community of Deer Creek [Harford County].
    • Michigan
      • Livingston County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Livingston County and lies 1,433 miles [2,306.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Deer Creek.
    • Minnesota
      • Otter Tail County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Otter Tail County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otter Tail County community of Deer Creek.
    • Ohio
      • Pickaway 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 Ohio community of Deer Creek [Pickaway County].
      • Trumbull County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Trumbull County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Deer Creek.
    • Oklahoma
      • Grant County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Grant County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Deer Creek.
    • Texas
      • Clay County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Clay County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Deer Creek.
    • Virginia
      • Campbell County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Campbell County and lies 1,745 miles [2,808.3 km]<1> to the east of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Deer Creek.
    • West Virginia
      • Pocahontas County
      • This Deer Creek is located in Pocahontas County and lies 1,688 miles [2,716.6 km]<1> to the east of the Deer Creek that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Deer Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Deer Creek ...

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.

  • Alpine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • American Fork
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Burnt Flat
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Flat
    • Burnt Flat is located in Salt Lake County
  • Emmaville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest City ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Glen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
    • Forest Glen is located in Salt Lake County
  • Fur Hollow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fur Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fur Hollow
    • Fur Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
  • Garden City ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Glacier Mesa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glacier Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glacier Mesa
    • Glacier Mesa is located in Salt Lake County
  • Golden Hill Canyon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Hill Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill Canyon
    • Golden Hill Canyon is located in Salt Lake County
  • Golden Hills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hills
    • Golden Hills is located in Salt Lake County
  • Hickory Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
    • Hickory Valley is located in Salt Lake County
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Hidden Hills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
      • Hidden Hills is located in Salt Lake County
    • Hidden Oaks
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
      • Hidden Oaks is located in Salt Lake County
    • Highland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Highland is located in Utah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland <4>
    • Lady of the Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lady of the Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lady of the Lake
      • Lady of the Lake is located in Salt Lake County
    • Little Cottonwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cottonwood
      • Little Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
    • Majestic View
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Majestic View have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic View
      • Majestic View is located in Salt Lake County
    • Meadowlark
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlark have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
      • Meadowlark is located in Salt Lake County
    • Mound City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain Spa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Spa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Spa
      • Mountain Spa is located in Wasatch County
    • Mountain Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Valley
      • Mountain Valley is located in Salt Lake County
    • Mutual Dell
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Pepperwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pepperwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperwood
      • Pepperwood is located in Salt Lake County
    • Pepperwood Canyon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pepperwood Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperwood Canyon
      • Pepperwood Canyon is located in Salt Lake County
    • Pine Crest
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
      • Pine Crest is located in Salt Lake County
    • Pine Tree
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree
      • Pine Tree is located in Salt Lake County
    • Pleasant Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Seven Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
      • Seven Springs is located in Salt Lake County
    • Silver Fork
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Silver Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Solitude
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Sundance
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wicks
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wicks have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicks
      • Wicks is located in Utah County
    • Wildwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
      • Wildwood is located in Utah County
    • Willow Creek Mesa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Creek Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek Mesa
      • Willow Creek Mesa is located in Salt Lake County
    • Willow Glen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
      • Willow Glen is located in Salt Lake County

How Far From Deer Creek 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 Deer Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Deer Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Deer Creek and extending to:

  • Provo, which is the Seat of Utah County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Deer Creek to Provo, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,830 miles [2,945.1 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<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,009 miles [11,279.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,777 miles [12,515.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,753 miles [9,258.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

The official website for Utah County: www.co.utah.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Deer Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Deer Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4823, Longitude: -111.6444    
<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 Deer Creek 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Deer Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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.
<8>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 Deer Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.704 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.201 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.645 degrees.




 

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