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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 Earl D Grays, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Earl D Grays 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 Earl D Grays:
- 40.763279, -111.961327
- 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 Earl D Grays
- 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 Earl D Grays is near Davis County and also Tooele County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele 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 Earl D Grays
Curious and Interesting Names Near Earl D Grays ...
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.
- Blaine
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Blaine is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Bullock
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bullock is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Catherine Circle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Catherine Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Circle
- City Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- City Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Park
- Colorado
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Colorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
- Featherstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Featherstone is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherstone
- Golden Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Golden Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
- Great Westside
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Great Westside is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Westside
- High Avenue
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- High Avenue is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Avenue
- Hunters
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hunters is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
- Jones
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jones is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Jordan Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jordan Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Martins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Martins is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
- Mead Circle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mead Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Circle
- Poplar Place
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Poplar Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Place
- Rock Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Silver Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Park
- Snow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Snow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
- Terminal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Terminal is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminal
- University
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- University is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- Willow Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Willow Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Place
How Far From Earl D Grays 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 Earl D Grays to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Earl D Grays and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the East.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the east (E).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,844 miles [2,967.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Earl D Grays to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 105 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 72 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,000 miles [11,265.4 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 7,768 miles [12,501.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,748 miles [9,250.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Earl D Grays) 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 Earl D Grays 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 Earl D Grays. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7633, Longitude: -111.9613 In this case, the coordinates for Earl D Grays have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.98 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.551 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.809 degrees. |
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