Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Gold Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gold Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Gold Hill
- 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 Gold Hill:
- 40.166136, -113.830811
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Gold Hill
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Tooele County
- Since Gold Hill is near Elko County and also White Pine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Elko County
- eBird sighting report for White Pine 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Gold Hill ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Gold Hill.
Within Utah, the name Gold Hill is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cleburne County
- This Gold Hill is located in Cleburne County and lies 1,620 miles [2,607.1 km]<1> to the east of the Gold Hill that is located in Tooele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Gold Hill.
- Lee County
- This Gold Hill is located in Lee County and lies 1,646 miles [2,649 km] to the east of the Gold Hill that is located in Tooele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Gold Hill.
- Arkansas
- California
- El Dorado County
- This Gold Hill is located in El Dorado County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Gold Hill that is located in Tooele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Gold Hill.
- Placer County
- This Gold Hill is located in Placer County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km] to the west of the Gold Hill that is located in Tooele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Gold Hill.
- Colorado
- Boulder County
- This Gold Hill is located in Boulder County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the east of the Gold Hill that is located in Tooele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Gold Hill.
- Summit County
- This Gold Hill is located in Summit County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km] to the east of the Gold Hill that is located in Tooele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Gold Hill.
- Nevada
- Nye County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Gold Hill.
- Storey County
- This Gold Hill is located in Storey County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the west of the Gold Hill that is located in Tooele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Storey County community of Gold Hill.
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Hoke County
- This Gold Hill is located in Hoke County and lies 1,919 miles [3,088.3 km]<1> to the east of the Gold Hill that is located in Tooele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hoke County community of Gold Hill.
- Rockingham County
- This Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County and lies 1,846 miles [2,970.8 km] to the east of the Gold Hill that is located in Tooele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Gold Hill.
- Rowan County
- This Gold Hill is located in Rowan County and lies 1,843 miles [2,966 km] to the east of the Gold Hill that is located in Tooele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Gold Hill.
- Oregon
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gold Hill ...
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.
In the vicinity of Gold Hill, Goshute is located 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the Southwest
How Far From Gold Hill 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 Gold Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gold Hill and extending to:
- Tooele, which is the Seat of Tooele County, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could drive a straight line from Gold Hill to Tooele, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,947 miles [3,133.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 111 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,082 miles [11,397.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,850 miles [12,633.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,841 miles [9,400.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gold Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Tooele County: www.co.tooele.ut.us/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Gold Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gold Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1661, Longitude: -113.8308 |
| <2> | 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 Gold Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Gold Hill 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Gold Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.403 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.184 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.941 degrees. |