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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 Grange Villa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grange Villa 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 Grange Villa:
- 40.678836, -111.985772
- 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 Grange Villa
- 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 Grange Villa 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 Grange Villa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grange Villa ...
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.
- Cherrywood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cherrywood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood Village
- Cobblestone
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cobblestone is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone
- Crown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Crown is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Delta Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Delta Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Park
- Dial Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dial Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial Heights
- Frost
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Frost is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Green Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Green Tree is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Hall View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hall View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall View
- Harmony Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harmony Lane is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Lane
- Heatherglen
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Heatherglen is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherglen
- Hector Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hector Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Heights
- Hector Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hector Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Village
- Continue List (29 more) ...
- Hunter Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hunter Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Heights
- Hunter Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hunter Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hills
- Hunter Stake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hunter Stake is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Stake
- Jensen Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jensen Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen Circle
- Kingsgate
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kingsgate is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
- Lee Ann
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lee Ann is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Ann
- Little Trieste
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Little Trieste is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Trieste
- Log Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Log Haven is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Haven
- Mallard
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mallard is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
- Meadow Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Meadow Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Heights
- Meadow Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadow Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- Meadow Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Meadow Valley is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Valley
- Meadowgate
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Meadowgate is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowgate
- Melody Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Melody Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Park
- Park Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Park Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Heights
- Peachwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Peachwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachwood
- Rolling Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Springbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Springbrook is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Sundown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sundown is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
- Sunnybrook Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sunnybrook Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook Park
- Sunnygrove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sunnygrove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnygrove
- Swallow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Swallow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallow
- Valley Down
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Valley Down is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Down
- Willow Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Willow Bay is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bay
- Willow Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Willow Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Cove
- Willow Green
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Willow Green is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Green
- Willow Run Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Willow Run Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run Park
- Woodledge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woodledge is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodledge
How Far From Grange Villa 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 Grange Villa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Grange Villa 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 Grange Villa 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 7,006 miles [11,275.1 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 7,774 miles [12,511 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,754 miles [9,260.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grange Villa) 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 Grange Villa 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 Grange Villa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6788, Longitude: -111.9858 In this case, the coordinates for Grange Villa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.991 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.557 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.829 degrees. |
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