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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 Ellison, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ellison 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 Ellison:
    • 41.059111, -111.970775
    • 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 Ellison
  • 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 Davis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davis County
    • Since Ellison is near Weber County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weber 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 Ellison

Communities Also Named Ellison ...

We found ten communities that are also named Ellison.

Within Utah, the name Ellison is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Marengo County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ellison [Marengo County].
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Ellison is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,186 miles [1,908.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Ellison that is located in Davis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Ellison.
    • British Columbia
      • This Ellison lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Ellison that is located in Davis County.
    • Illinois
      • Warren County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ellison [Warren County].
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Ellison is located in Allen County and lies 1,385 miles [2,228.9 km]<2> to the east of the Ellison that is located in Davis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Ellison.
    • Nebraska
      • Saline County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Saline County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Ellison.
    • Nevada
      • Humboldt County
      • This Ellison is located in Humboldt County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<2> to the west of the Ellison that is located in Davis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Ellison.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Ellison.
      • Lawrence County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ellison [Lawrence County].
    • West Virginia
      • Summers County
      • This Ellison is located in Summers County and lies 1,663 miles [2,676.3 km]<2> to the east of the Ellison that is located in Davis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summers County community of Ellison.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ellison ...

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.

  • Cook
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cook is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
  • Diamond Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Diamond Hills is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hills
  • Gill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Gill is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
  • Green Lawns
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Green Lawns is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lawns
  • Haven Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Haven Park is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Park
  • Homeplace
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Homeplace is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeplace
  • Indian Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Indian Oaks is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Oaks
  • Jamestown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jamestown is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • King
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • King is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Marshall Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Marshall Heights is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
  • Mountain View
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Mountain View is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Robins Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Robins Park is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins Park
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Rogers Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Rogers Park is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Park
    • Rosewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Rosewood is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
    • Snow Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Snow Creek is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Creek
    • Spring Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Spring Hollow is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hollow
    • Vantage Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Vantage Park is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vantage Park
    • Victory Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Victory Park is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Park
    • View Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • View Heights is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Heights

How Far From Ellison 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 community such as Ellison to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Farmington, which is the Seat of Davis County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Ellison to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,842 miles [2,964.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,982 miles [11,236.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,751 miles [12,474 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Ellison, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Ellison) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Ellison 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Ellison 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 Ellison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0591, Longitude: -111.9708       In this case, the coordinates for Ellison have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.015 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.618 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.792 degrees.