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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 Featherstone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Featherstone 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 Featherstone:
    • 40.791334, -111.940494
    • 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 Featherstone
  • 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 Featherstone 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 Featherstone

Communities Also Named Featherstone ...

We found three communities that are also named Featherstone.

Within Utah, the name Featherstone is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Mississippi 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 Arkansas community of Featherstone [Mississippi County].
    • Ontario
      • This Featherstone lies 1,647 miles [2,650.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Featherstone that is located in Salt Lake County.
    • Virginia
      • Prince William County
      • This Featherstone is located in Prince William County and lies 1,835 miles [2,953.1 km]<2> to the east of the Featherstone that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Featherstone.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Featherstone ...

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.

  • Blaine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Blaine is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
  • Bullock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Bullock is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
  • Capitol
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Capitol is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol
  • Catherine Circle
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • 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 southeast)
    • City Park is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Park
  • Colorado
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Colorado is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
  • Ensign Downs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Ensign Downs is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign Downs
  • Ensign Downs Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Ensign Downs Place is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign Downs Place
  • Golden Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Golden Park is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
  • Great Westside
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Great Westside is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Westside
  • Hot Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hot Springs is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
  • Hunters
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hunters is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Jones
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Jones is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
    • Jordan Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Jordan Place is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
    • Lake View
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Lake View is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
    • Martins
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Martins is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
    • Poplar Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Poplar Place is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Place
    • Rock Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rock Springs is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
    • Snow
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Snow is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
    • Superior
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Superior is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
    • University
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • University is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
    • Willow Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Willow Place is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Place

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

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

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the southeast (SE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,842 miles [2,964.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Featherstone 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 6,998 miles [11,262.2 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 7,766 miles [12,498.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Featherstone 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Featherstone) 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 Featherstone 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 Featherstone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7913, Longitude: -111.9405       In this case, the coordinates for Featherstone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.966 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.537 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.794 degrees.