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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 Grand - Dale Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grand - Dale Estates 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 Grand - Dale Estates:
- 40.629947, -111.960493
- 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 Grand - Dale Estates
- 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 Grand - Dale Estates is near Davis County and also Utah 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 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 Grand - Dale Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grand - Dale Estates ...
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.
- Angle View
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Angle View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angle View
- Best View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Best View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best View
- Bowling Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bowling Green is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Cobblestone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cobblestone is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone
- Coral Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Coral Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Heights
- Crystal Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hills
- Diamondville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Diamondville is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondville
- Dixie Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dixie Valley is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Valley
- Fox Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fox Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hills
- Georgetown ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Green Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Tree is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Happy Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Happy Valley is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Hector Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hector Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Heights
- Horizon
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Horizon is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horizon
- Kingsgate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsgate is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
- Landings at Riverbend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Landings at Riverbend is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landings at Riverbend
- Ledgewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ledgewood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgewood
- Little Trieste
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Little Trieste is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Trieste
- Majestic Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Majestic Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Village
- Marian Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Marian Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marian Meadows
- Meadow View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View
- Park Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Park Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Heights
- Purple Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Purple Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Hills
- Quailstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Quailstone is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailstone
- Riverbend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverbend is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Royal Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Royal Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Meadows
- Skyview
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Skyview is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyview
- Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Summerwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Summerwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
- Twin Willows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Twin Willows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Willows
- Valley High
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Valley High is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley High
- Valley Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Valley Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Willow Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Willow Bay is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bay
- Willow Run Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Willow Run Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run Park
How Far From Grand - Dale Estates 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 Grand - Dale Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Grand - Dale Estates and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grand - Dale Estates to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,845 miles [2,969.2 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 105 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 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 7,776 miles [12,514.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,755 miles [9,261.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Grand - Dale Estates) 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 Grand - Dale Estates 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 Grand - Dale Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6299, Longitude: -111.9605 In this case, the coordinates for Grand - Dale Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.966 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.524 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.818 degrees. |
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