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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 Glen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest Glen 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 Glen:
    • 40.615229, -111.581310
    • 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 Glen
  • 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 Forest Glen is near Summit County and also Utah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Forest Glen

Communities Also Named Forest Glen ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Forest Glen.

Within Utah, the name Forest Glen is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Trinity County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Trinity County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the west of the Forest Glen that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trinity County community of Forest Glen.
    • Connecticut
      • Middlesex 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 Connecticut community of Forest Glen [Middlesex County].
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Cobb County and lies 1,542 miles [2,481.6 km]<1> to the east of the Forest Glen that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Forest Glen.
      • Wilcox County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Wilcox County and lies 1,680 miles [2,703.7 km] to the east southeast of the Forest Glen that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Forest Glen.
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Forest Glen [Cook County].
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Kosciusko County and lies 1,341 miles [2,158.1 km]<1> to the east of the Forest Glen that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Forest Glen.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Forest Glen [Saint Tammany Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,822 miles [2,932.2 km]<1> to the east of the Forest Glen that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Forest Glen.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Erie County and lies 1,683 miles [2,708.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Forest Glen that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Forest Glen.
      • Ulster County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Ulster County and lies 1,933 miles [3,110.9 km] to the east northeast of the Forest Glen that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Forest Glen.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Forest Glen lies 2,428 miles [3,907.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Forest Glen that is located in Salt Lake County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Monroe County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Monroe County and lies 1,867 miles [3,004.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Forest Glen that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Forest Glen.
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Blount County and lies 1,529 miles [2,460.7 km]<1> to the east of the Forest Glen that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Forest Glen.
    • Virginia
      • James City County
      • This Forest Glen is located in James City County and lies 1,869 miles [3,007.9 km]<1> to the east of the Forest Glen that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the James City County community of Forest Glen.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest Glen ...

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.

  • Burnt Flat
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Burnt Flat is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Flat
  • Garden City ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Lady of the Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lady of the Lake is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lady of the Lake
  • Park City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Lodge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Lodge is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lodge
  • Pine Tree
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Tree is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree
  • Silver Fork
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Silver Fork is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Fork
  • Solitude
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)

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

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

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Forest Glen to Salt Lake City, 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 6 hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,825 miles [2,937.1 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 7,000 miles [11,265.4 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 7,768 miles [12,501.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,744 miles [9,244.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Forest Glen) 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 Forest Glen 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>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 Glen, 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 Glen 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 Glen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6152, Longitude: -111.5813       In this case, the coordinates for Forest Glen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.667 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.169 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.599 degrees.