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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 Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eden Meadows 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 Eden Meadows:
- 41.308830, -111.829384
- 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 Meadows
- 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 Weber County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weber County
- Since Eden Meadows is near Morgan County and also Box Elder County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Box Elder 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 Meadows
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eden Meadows ...
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.
- Eden
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Eden Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Eden Hills is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Hills
- Eden Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Eden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Village
- Gardens of Eden
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gardens of Eden is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardens of Eden
- Liberty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liberty Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Meadows is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Meadows
- Patio Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Patio Springs is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patio Springs
- Robins Roost
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Robins Roost is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins Roost
- Wolf Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wolf Creek is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Wolf Creek Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wolf Creek Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Village
- Wolf Star
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wolf Star is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Star
How Far From Eden Meadows 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 Meadows to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Eden Meadows and extending to:
- Ogden, which is the Seat of Weber County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Eden Meadows to Ogden, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 38 miles [61.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,832 miles [2,948.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 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 7,732 miles [12,443.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,714 miles [9,195.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Meadows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Meadows 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 Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3088, Longitude: -111.8294 In this case, the coordinates for Eden Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.926 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.535 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.69 degrees. |
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