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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 Fairmount Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairmount Park 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 Fairmount Park:
    • 41.210500, -112.003553
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Fairmount Park
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Fairmount Park ...

We found three communities that share the name Fairmount Park.

Within Utah, the name Fairmount Park is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Pottawattamie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Fairmount Park [Pottawattamie County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • Although located in Saint Louis County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Fairmount Park.
    • Virginia
      • Norfolk City
      • This Fairmount Park is located in Norfolk City and lies 1,926 miles [3,099.6 km]<2> to the east of the Fairmount Park that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Fairmount Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairmount Park ...

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.

  • Apple Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apple Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Park
    • Apple Park is located in Weber County
  • Bonnie Lane
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Lane
    • Bonnie Lane is located in Weber County
  • Call
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Call have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call
    • Call is located in Weber County
  • Cedar Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Cedar Ridge is located in Weber County
  • Chamberlains
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chamberlains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlains
    • Chamberlains is located in Weber County
  • Cozydale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cozydale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozydale
    • Cozydale is located in Weber County
  • Cross
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
    • Cross is located in Weber County
  • Crouch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crouch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
    • Crouch is located in Weber County
  • Diamond Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hills
    • Diamond Hills is located in Weber County
  • Downs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Downs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
    • Downs is located in Weber County
  • Dundee Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee Place
    • Dundee Place is located in Weber County
  • England Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for England Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for England Hills
    • England Hills is located in Weber County
  • Continue List   (37 more) ...
    • English Manor
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
      • English Manor is located in Weber County
    • Golden View
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden View
      • Golden View is located in Weber County
    • Greenwood Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
      • Greenwood Village is located in Weber County
    • Harmony Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Park
      • Harmony Park is located in Weber County
    • Harris
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
      • Harris is located in Weber County
    • Hidden Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
      • Hidden Village is located in Weber County
    • Highland View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
      • Highland View is located in Weber County
    • Hunters
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
      • Hunters is located in Weber County
    • Lark Circle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lark Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark Circle
      • Lark Circle is located in Weber County
    • Laurel Lea
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Lea have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lea
      • Laurel Lea is located in Weber County
    • Lee Mesa
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Mesa
      • Lee Mesa is located in Weber County
    • Lovelock
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovelock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock
      • Lovelock is located in Weber County
    • Lynn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
      • Lynn is located in Weber County
      • Former names for Lynn:
      • Bingham Fort
      • Five Points
      • Fort Bingham
      • Lynne
    • Maple Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hills
      • Maple Hills is located in Weber County
    • Melody Lane
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melody Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Lane
      • Melody Lane is located in Weber County
    • Mitchell
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
      • Mitchell is located in Weber County
    • Park Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
      • Park Lake is located in Weber County
    • Pearwood Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearwood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearwood Park
      • Pearwood Park is located in Weber County
    • Purdy
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purdy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
      • Purdy is located in Weber County
    • Quail Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Point
      • Quail Point is located in Weber County
    • Quail Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
      • Quail Run is located in Weber County
    • Riders
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riders have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders
      • Riders is located in Weber County
    • Ridgeline
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgeline have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeline
      • Ridgeline is located in Weber County
    • Ridgepoint
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgepoint have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgepoint
      • Ridgepoint is located in Weber County
    • River Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Valley
      • River Valley is located in Weber County
    • Shady Brook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
      • Shady Brook is located in Weber County
    • Shamrock
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamrock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
      • Shamrock is located in Weber County
    • Slaterville ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slaterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
      • Slaterville is located in Weber County
    • Sunray
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunray have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunray
      • Sunray is located in Weber County
    • Tanner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
      • Tanner is located in Weber County
    • Terrace
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
      • Terrace is located in Weber County
    • Townside Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Townside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townside Park
      • Townside Park is located in Weber County
    • University Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
      • University Heights is located in Weber County
    • University Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
      • University Park is located in Weber County
    • University Place
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
      • University Place is located in Weber County
    • Valley Side
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Side have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Side
      • Valley Side is located in Weber County
    • Willow Wood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood
      • Willow Wood is located in Weber County

How Far From Fairmount Park 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 Fairmount Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Ogden, which is the Seat of Weber County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Fairmount Park to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over 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 6,974 miles [11,223.6 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 7,742 miles [12,459.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,725 miles [9,213.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fairmount Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Weber County: www.co.weber.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Fairmount Park 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.
<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- Fairmount Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fairmount Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2105, Longitude: -112.0036       In this case, the coordinates for Fairmount Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Fairmount Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.055 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.678 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.80 degrees.









 

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