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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 Flux, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flux and the surrounding 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 Flux:
- 40.681330, -112.554682
- 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 Flux
- 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 Tooele County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele County
- Since Flux is near Utah County and also Salt Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Utah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Salt Lake 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 Flux
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flux ...
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.
- Angels Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Angels Grove is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels Grove
- Aragonite ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Aragonite is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragonite
- Aragonite has also been known as:
- Hastings Pass
- Arthur ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Arthur is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Copper Cove
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Copper Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cove
- Copperfield ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Copperfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Former name for Copperfield:
- Upper Bingham
- Dolomite
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dolomite is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolomite
- Grantsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Lincoln
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Former names for Lincoln:
- Lake View
- Pine Canyon
- Low ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Low is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low
- Marshall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Rush Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tad Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tad Park is located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tad Park
How Far From Flux to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Flux to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Flux and extending to:
- Tooele, which is the Seat of Tooele County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Flux to Tooele, 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 five to six hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,875 miles [3,017.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 107 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,019 miles [11,296 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 7,788 miles [12,533.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flux) 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 Flux 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 Flux. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6813, Longitude: -112.5547 In this case, the coordinates for Flux have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.44 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.087 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.161 degrees. |
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