Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Flaming Gorge Summer Home 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 Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area:
  • 40.889682, -109.475971
  • 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 Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area

• 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 Daggett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Daggett County
  • Since Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area is near Uintah County and also Sweetwater County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Uintah County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sweetwater 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 Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area

Curious and Interesting Names Near Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area ...

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.

• Buckboard Crossing
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Buckboard Crossing is located in Sweetwater County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckboard Crossing
• Burntfork
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Burntfork is located in Sweetwater County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntfork
• Craig Place
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Craig Place is located in Moffat County (CO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Place
• Dry Fork
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Dry Fork is located in Uintah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Fork
• Dutch John
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dutch John is located in Daggett County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch John
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dutch John <1>
• Dyer ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dyer is located in Uintah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
• Flaming Gorge Lodge
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Flaming Gorge Lodge is located in Daggett County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaming Gorge Lodge
• Manila
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Manila is located in Daggett County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
  • Former names for Manila:
  • Chambers
  • Lewisallen
  • Lucerne
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manila <1>
• Petes Place
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Petes Place is located in Sweetwater County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Place

How Far From Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area 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 Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area and extending to:

• Manila, which is the Seat of Daggett County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Flaming Gorge Summer Home Area to Manila, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,714 miles [2,758.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 98 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 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 7,697 miles [12,387.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,660 miles [9,108.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'