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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 Forest City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest City 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 Forest City:
    • 40.527533, -111.603019
    • 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 Forest City
  • 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 Utah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Utah County
    • Since Forest City is near Salt Lake County and also Wasatch County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wasatch 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 Forest City

Communities Also Named Forest City ...

We found nineteen communities that are also named Forest City.

Within Utah, the name Forest City is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Orange 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 Florida community of Forest City [Orange County].
      • Seminole County
      • This Forest City is located in Seminole County and lies 1,887 miles [3,036.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Forest City that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Forest City.
    • Illinois
      • Mason County
      • This Forest City is located in Mason County and lies 1,141 miles [1,836.3 km]<2> to the east of the Forest City that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Forest City.
    • Indiana
      • Jasper County
      • This Forest City is located in Jasper County and lies 1,267 miles [2,039 km]<2> to the east of the Forest City that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Forest City.
    • Iowa
      • Howard County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Forest City [Howard County].
      • Winnebago County
      • This Forest City is located in Winnebago County and lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Forest City.
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • This Forest City is located in Washington County and lies 2,212 miles [3,559.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Forest City.
    • Michigan
      • Manistee 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 Michigan community of Forest City [Manistee County].
    • Minnesota
      • Meeker County
      • This Forest City is located in Meeker County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meeker County community of Forest City.
    • Missouri
      • Holt County
      • This Forest City is located in Holt County and lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km]<2> to the east of the Forest City that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Forest City.
      • Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Forest City [Saint Louis County].
    • Montana
      • Missoula 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 Montana community of Forest City [Missoula County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Forest City lies 2,211 miles [3,558.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Utah County.
    • New York
      • Lewis County
      • This Forest City is located in Lewis County and lies 1,848 miles [2,974.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Forest City.
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford County
      • This Forest City is located in Rutherford County and lies 1,650 miles [2,655.4 km]<2> to the east of the Forest City that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Forest City.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Susquehanna County
      • This Forest City is located in Susquehanna County and lies 1,868 miles [3,006.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Forest City.
    • South Dakota
      • Potter County
      • This Forest City is located in Potter County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Forest City that is located in Utah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Forest City.
    • Washington
      • Kitsap 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 Washington community of Forest City [Kitsap County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Bayfield 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 Wisconsin community of Forest City [Bayfield County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest City ...

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.

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Forest City once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Forest City and extending to:

  • Provo, which is the Seat of Utah County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Forest City to Provo, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,827 miles [2,940.3 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 104 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,005 miles [11,273.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,774 miles [12,511 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,749 miles [9,252.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Forest City 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Forest City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Forest City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Forest City 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 Forest City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5275, Longitude: -111.6030    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.676 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.172 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.618 degrees.