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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 Harmony Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harmony Park 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 Harmony Park:
    • 41.181889, -112.028831
    • 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 Harmony Park
  • 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 Weber County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weber County
    • Since Harmony Park is near Davis County and also Morgan 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 Morgan 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 Harmony Park

Communities Also Named Harmony Park ...

We found three communities that are also named Harmony Park.

Within Utah, the name Harmony Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Harmony Park [Monmouth County].
    • New York
      • Putnam County
      • This Harmony Park is located in Putnam County and lies 1,974 miles [3,176.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Harmony Park that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Harmony Park.
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Harmony Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harmony Park ...

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.

  • Apple Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Apple Park is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Park
  • Call
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Call is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call
  • Cedar Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cedar Ridge is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
  • Cozydale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cozydale is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozydale
  • Diamond Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Diamond Hills is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hills
  • English Manor
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • English Manor is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
  • Goodfellow
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Goodfellow is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfellow
  • Laurel Lea
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Laurel Lea is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lea
  • Lee Mesa
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Lee Mesa is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Mesa
  • Park Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Park Lake is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
  • Purser
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Purser is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purser
  • Quail Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Quail Point is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Point
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • River Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • River Valley is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Valley
    • Shamrock
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Shamrock is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • Sunray
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sunray is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunray
    • Sunset Dale
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sunset Dale is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Dale
    • Tanner
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Tanner is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
    • Valley Side
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Valley Side is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Side

How Far From Harmony Park 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 Harmony Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Ogden, which is the Seat of Weber County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Harmony Park to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,844 miles [2,967.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,976 miles [11,226.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,745 miles [12,464.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,728 miles [9,218.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Harmony Park 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Harmony Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Harmony Park 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 Harmony Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1819, Longitude: -112.0288       In this case, the coordinates for Harmony Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.072 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.696 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.817 degrees.