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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 Fox Shadow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox Shadow 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 Fox Shadow:
- 40.705502, -112.002995
- 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 Fox Shadow
- 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 Fox Shadow is near Davis County and also Tooele 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 Tooele 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 Fox Shadow
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Shadow ...
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.
- Crisp
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crisp is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Delta Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Delta Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Park
- Dial Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dial Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial Heights
- El Dorado
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- El Dorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- Harmony Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Harmony Lane is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Lane
- Hunter
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Hunter Farmes
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hunter Farmes is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Farmes
- Hunter Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hunter Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Heights
- Hunter Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hunter Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hills
- Jensen Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jensen Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen Circle
- Jonesdale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jonesdale is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
- Lee Ann
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lee Ann is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Ann
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mallard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mallard is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
- Meadow Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadow Valley is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Valley
- Merry Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Merry Lane is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Lane
- Silver Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Silver Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Meadows
- Sundown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sundown is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
- Sunny Side
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sunny Side is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Swallow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Swallow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallow
- Valley Down
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Valley Down is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Down
- Willow Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Willow Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Cove
- Willow Green
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Willow Green is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Green
How Far From Fox Shadow 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 Fox Shadow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Fox Shadow and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,846 miles [2,970.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Fox Shadow to White House, with an average speed<2>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 73 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,773 miles [12,509.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,753 miles [9,258.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fox Shadow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Fox Shadow 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 Fox Shadow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7055, Longitude: -112.0030 In this case, the coordinates for Fox Shadow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.007 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.578 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.837 degrees. |
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