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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 Ensign Downs Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ensign Downs Place 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 Ensign Downs Place:
    • 40.789113, -111.886603
    • 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 Ensign Downs Place
  • 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 Ensign Downs Place 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 Ensign Downs Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ensign Downs Place ...

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.

  • Capitol
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Capitol is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol
  • Catherine Circle
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • 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 southwest)
    • City Park is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Park
  • Colorado
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Colorado is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
  • Edwards
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Edwards is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
  • Ensign Downs
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Ensign Downs is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign Downs
  • Featherstone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Featherstone is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherstone
  • Federal-Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Federal-Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal-Heights
  • Franklin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Fraternity Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fraternity Park is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraternity Park
  • Glenn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Glenn is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
  • Golden Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Golden Park is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Grand View
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Grand View is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
    • Granite
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Granite is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
    • Great Westside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Great Westside is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Westside
    • Hot Springs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Hunters
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hunters is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
    • Jones
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jones is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
    • Jordan Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jordan Place is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
    • Lake View
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Lake View is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
    • Martins
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Martins is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
    • Panorama
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Panorama is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama
    • Perrys Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Perrys Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Hollow
    • Pratts
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Pratts is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
    • Rock Springs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Rock Springs is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
    • Salt Lake City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Snow
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Snow is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
    • Superior
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Superior is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
    • University
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • University is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
    • Virginia Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Virginia Heights is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights

How Far From Ensign Downs Place 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 Ensign Downs Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ensign Downs Place and extending to:

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Ensign Downs Place 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 6,996 miles [11,259 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 7,765 miles [12,496.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,744 miles [9,244.1 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 from Point A (ie- Ensign Downs Place) 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 Ensign Downs Place 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 Ensign Downs Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7891, Longitude: -111.8866       In this case, the coordinates for Ensign Downs Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.923 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.487 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.763 degrees.