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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 Deweyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deweyville 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 Deweyville:
    • 41.709861, -112.08999
    • 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 Deweyville
  • 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 Deweyville ...

We found three communities that share the name Deweyville.

Within Utah, the name Deweyville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Deweyville [Clay County].
    • Ohio
      • Hancock County
      • This Deweyville is located in Hancock County and lies 1,457 miles [2,344.8 km]<2> to the east of the Deweyville that is located in Box Elder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Deweyville.
    • Texas
      • Newton County
      • This Deweyville is located in Newton County and lies 1,288 miles [2,072.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Deweyville that is located in Box Elder County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Deweyville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Deweyville ...

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.

  • Beaverdam
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
    • Beaverdam is located in Box Elder County
  • Cache
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache
    • Cache is located in Cache County
  • Cache Junction ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cache Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Junction
    • Cache Junction is located in Cache County
  • Crossroads
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
    • Crossroads is located in Box Elder County
  • Crystal Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
    • Crystal Springs is located in Box Elder County
  • Evans
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
    • Evans is located in Box Elder County
  • Fielding
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fielding have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
    • Fielding is located in Box Elder County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fielding <4>
  • Greens Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Corner
    • Greens Corner is located in Cache County
  • Honeyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Peter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter
    • Peter is located in Cache County

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

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

  • Brigham City, which is the Seat of Box Elder County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Deweyville to Brigham City, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,843 miles [2,966 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,714 miles [12,414.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,701 miles [9,174.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Deweyville: https://www.townofdeweyville.org/

The official website for Box Elder County: www.boxeldercounty.org/

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Deweyville 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>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- Deweyville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Deweyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7099, Longitude: -112.0900    
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Deweyville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.167 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.853 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.811 degrees.









 

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