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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 Hi Country Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hi Country 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 Hi Country Estates:
- 40.506336, -112.071606
- 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 Hi Country 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 Hi Country Estates is near Tooele County and also Utah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele 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 Hi Country Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hi Country 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.
- Bluffdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clover Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hills
- Copperfield ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Copperfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Former name for Copperfield:
- Upper Bingham
- Crystal Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hills
- Edenbrooke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edenbrooke is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenbrooke
- Farm Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Farm Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Meadows
- Featherwood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Featherwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherwood Village
- Freeman Butterfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Freeman Butterfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Butterfield
- Greenfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Heritage Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
- Jordan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jordan is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Lane Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lane Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lark ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lark is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
- Majestic Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Majestic Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Cove
- Majestic Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Majestic Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Heights
- Marblewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marblewood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblewood
- Medallion Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Medallion Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medallion Cove
- Park Avenue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Park Avenue is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Avenue
- Purple Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Purple Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Hills
- Western Charm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Western Charm is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Charm
How Far From Hi Country Estates 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 Hi Country Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hi Country Estates and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hi Country Estates to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,852 miles [2,980.5 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 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,018 miles [11,294.4 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 7,787 miles [12,532 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,766 miles [9,279.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hi Country Estates) 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 Hi Country 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 Hi Country Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5063, Longitude: -112.0716 In this case, the coordinates for Hi Country Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.042 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.603 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.891 degrees. |
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