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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 Fairview Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairview 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 Fairview Park:
    • 40.709112, -112.102998
    • 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 Fairview Park
  • 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 Fairview Park is near Tooele County and also Utah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Utah 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 Fairview Park

Communities Also Named Fairview Park ...

We found ten communities that are also named Fairview Park.

Within Utah, the name Fairview Park is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of Fairview Park, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Vermillion County
      • This Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County and lies 1,299 miles [2,090.5 km]<1> to the east of the Fairview Park that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermillion County community of Fairview Park.
    • North Carolina
      • Alexander County
      • This Fairview Park is located in Alexander County and lies 1,702 miles [2,739.1 km]<1> to the east of the Fairview Park that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexander County community of Fairview Park.
      • Cumberland County
      • This Fairview Park is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km] to the east of the Fairview Park that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Fairview Park.
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • This Fairview Park is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 1,567 miles [2,521.8 km]<1> to the east of the Fairview Park that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Fairview Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Fairview Park is located in Berks County and lies 1,891 miles [3,043.3 km]<1> to the east of the Fairview Park that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Fairview Park.
      • Chester County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Fairview Park [Chester County].
      • Lancaster County
      • This Fairview Park is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,867 miles [3,004.6 km] to the east of the Fairview Park that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Fairview Park.
      • Luzerne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Fairview Park [Luzerne County].
      • York County
      • This Fairview Park is located in York County and lies 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km] to the east of the Fairview Park that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Fairview Park.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Australia
      • Distance: 8,645 miles [13,912.8 km]<1> to the west southwest
      • Open a Google Map centered on Fairview Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairview 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.

  • Arthur ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Arthur is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Copper Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Copper Cove is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cove
  • Copper Hills Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Copper Hills Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hills Heights
  • Copperview
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Copperview is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperview
  • Cyprus Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cyprus Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyprus Heights
  • Equestrian Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Equestrian Springs is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Springs
  • Falconcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Falconcrest is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falconcrest
  • Glen Heather
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Glen Heather is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Heather
  • Highland
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Highland is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Highland Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Highland Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
  • King Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • King Valley is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Valley
  • Majestic Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Majestic Grove is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Grove
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Martin Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Martin Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Village
    • Orchard View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Orchard View is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
    • Progress
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Progress is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
    • Sue Ann
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Sue Ann is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue Ann
    • Teasel Downs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Teasel Downs is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasel Downs

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

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

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fairview Park to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,852 miles [2,980.5 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 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,007 miles [11,276.7 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 7,775 miles [12,512.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,756 miles [9,263.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fairview Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Fairview 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.
<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 Fairview Park 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 Fairview Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7091, Longitude: -112.1030       In this case, the coordinates for Fairview Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.086 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.672 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.895 degrees.