Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Desert, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Desert and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Desert
- 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 Desert:
- 39.088027, -110.318761
- 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 Desert
- 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 Emery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Emery County
- Since Desert is near Grand County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Grand County
- eBird sighting report for Carbon 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Desert ...
We found seven communities that share the name Desert.
Within Utah, the name Desert is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Nevada
- Churchill County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Churchill County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Churchill County community of Desert.
- Lyon County
- This community is historic and although located in Lyon County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Desert.
- New Mexico
- Nova Scotia
- Oregon
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Desert ...
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.
- Cedar ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Grassy ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Green River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
- Green River is located in Emery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 957 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green River <6>
- Horse Canyon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horse Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Canyon
- Horse Canyon is located in Emery County
- Shanty Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shanty Town. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
- Shanty Town is located in Emery County
- Solitude
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Sphinx ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Woodside ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Woodside is located in Emery County
How Far From Desert 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 Desert to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Desert and extending to:
- Castle Dale, which is the Seat of Emery County, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Desert to Castle Dale, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 142 miles [228.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,776 miles [2,858.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 101 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,059 miles [11,360.4 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 7,826 miles [12,594.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,784 miles [9,308.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Desert. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Emery County: www.co.emery.ut.us/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Desert 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. |
| <2> | 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 Desert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Desert) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Desert. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0880, Longitude: -110.3188 In this case, the coordinates for Desert have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Desert 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 330.526 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.685 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.985 degrees. |