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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 Hector Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hector Heights 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 Hector Heights:
- 40.671613, -111.974938
- 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 Hector Heights
- 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 Hector Heights 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 Hector Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hector Heights ...
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.
- Barbers
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Barbers is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbers
- Bowling Green
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bowling Green is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- 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 southwest)
- Cobblestone is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone
- Crown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crown is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Frost
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Frost is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Green Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- 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
- Heatherglen
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Heatherglen is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherglen
- Hector Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hector Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Village
- Jensen Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jensen Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen Circle
- Kingsgate
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kingsgate is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Lee Ann
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- 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 northeast)
- Log Haven is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Haven
- Marian Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Marian Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marian Meadows
- Meadow Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meadow Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Heights
- Meadow Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Meadow Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- Meadow Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Meadow Valley is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Valley
- Meadowgate
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meadowgate is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowgate
- Melody Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Melody Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Park
- Park Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Park Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Heights
- Peachwood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Peachwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachwood
- Quailstone
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quailstone is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailstone
- Rolling Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Royal Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Royal Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal 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
- 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 northeast)
- Sunnybrook Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook Park
- Sunnygrove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sunnygrove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnygrove
- Valley Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Valley Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- 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 Green
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- 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 south)
- Willow Run Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run Park
How Far From Hector Heights to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hector Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hector Heights and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,845 miles [2,969.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hector Heights 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 72 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- Hector Heights) 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 Hector Heights 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 Hector Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6716, Longitude: -111.9749 In this case, the coordinates for Hector Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.982 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.546 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.823 degrees. |
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