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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 Eden Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eden Acres 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 Eden Acres:
    • 40.671614, -111.881324
    • 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 Eden Acres
  • 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 Eden Acres is near Davis County and also Summit 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 Summit 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 Eden Acres

Communities Also Named Eden Acres ...

We found one communities that are also named Eden Acres.

Within Utah, the name Eden Acres is unique.

Beyond Utah, there is another community also named Eden Acres in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Eden Acres is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,873 miles [3,014.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Eden Acres that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Eden Acres.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eden Acres ...

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.

  • Bridlewalk
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Bridlewalk is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridlewalk
  • Chevy Chase
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Chevy Chase is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase
  • Clover Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Clover Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hollow
  • Cottonwood Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cottonwood Creek is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Creek
  • Crown Colony
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Crown Colony is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Colony
  • Eddie Kay
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Eddie Kay is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddie Kay
  • Emerald Isle
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Emerald Isle is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Isle
  • Ethel Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Ethel Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel Gardens
  • Farm Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Farm Hill is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Hill
  • Green Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Green Valley is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Indian Wells
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Indian Wells is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Wells
  • Juniper
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Juniper is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Laura Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Laura Park is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laura Park
    • Millrace
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Millrace is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrace
    • Misty Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Misty Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Meadows
    • Murray
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Murray is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,355 people
      • Murray has also been known as:
      • Murray City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <2>
    • Normandy
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Normandy is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
    • Paradise Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Paradise Park is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
    • Park Central
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Park Central is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Central
    • Paul
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Paul is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
    • Pheasant Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Pheasant Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Hollow
    • Ridge Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Ridge Creek is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Creek
    • Rose Garden
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Rose Garden is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Garden
    • Sage Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Sage Hill is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Hill
    • Spring Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Spring Run is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Run
    • Startup
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Startup is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startup
    • Sunstone
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Sunstone is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunstone
    • Twin Peaks Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Twin Peaks Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Peaks Circle
    • Valley Center
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Valley Center is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Center
    • Village Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Village Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Gardens
    • Vista Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Vista Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Village
    • Walnut Brook
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Walnut Brook is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Brook
    • Xanadu
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Xanadu is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xanadu

How Far From Eden Acres 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 Eden Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the North.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the north (N).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Eden Acres to White House, with an average speed<3>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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eden Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Eden Acres 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 Eden Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6716, Longitude: -111.8813       In this case, the coordinates for Eden Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.908 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.459 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.769 degrees.