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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 Hickory Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hickory Valley 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 Hickory Valley:
- 40.540227, -111.831322
- 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 Hickory Valley
- 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 Hickory Valley is near Utah County and also Wasatch County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Utah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wasatch 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 Hickory Valley
Communities Also Named Hickory Valley ...
We found five communities that are also named Hickory Valley.
Within Utah, the name Hickory Valley is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Independence County
- This Hickory Valley is located in Independence County and lies 1,142 miles [1,837.9 km]<1> to the east of the Hickory Valley that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Independence County community of Hickory Valley.
- Louisiana
- Winn Parish
- This Hickory Valley is located in Winn Parish and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hickory Valley that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Hickory Valley.
- Tennessee
- Hamilton County
- This Hickory Valley is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,497 miles [2,409.2 km]<1> to the east of the Hickory Valley that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Hickory Valley.
- Hardeman County
- This Hickory Valley is located in Hardeman County and lies 1,288 miles [2,072.8 km] to the east of the Hickory Valley that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardeman County community of Hickory Valley.
- Union County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Hickory Valley [Union County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hickory Valley ...
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.
- Bluff at Hidden Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cobblestone Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cobblestone Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone Village
- Crescent Highlands
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crescent Highlands is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Highlands
- Hidden Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hidden Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Hidden Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hidden Oaks is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
- Hidden Valley Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hidden Valley Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Hills
- Hilltop
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Holly Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holly Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Park
- Jolley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jolley is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
- Jordan Point
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jordan Point is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Point
- Lost Eden
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lost Eden is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Eden
- Meadow Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meadow Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Cove
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Meadowlark
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadowlark is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
- Pepperwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pepperwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperwood
- Pepperwood Canyon
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pepperwood Canyon is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperwood Canyon
- Pine Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pine Crest is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Ridge Point
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ridge Point is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Point
- Robinson Square
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Robinson Square is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Square
- Shadow Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shadow Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Ridge
- Silver Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Silver Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
- Silver Smith
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Silver Smith is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Smith
- Sprucewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sprucewood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucewood
- Teakwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Teakwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teakwood
- Willow Creek Mesa
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Willow Creek Mesa is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek Mesa
- Willow View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Willow View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow View
How Far From Hickory Valley 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 Hickory Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hickory Valley and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hickory Valley to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,839 miles [2,959.6 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 7,010 miles [11,281.5 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 7,779 miles [12,519.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,756 miles [9,263.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hickory Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Hickory Valley 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. |
| <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 Hickory Valley 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 Hickory Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5402, Longitude: -111.8313 In this case, the coordinates for Hickory Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.856 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.386 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.749 degrees. |
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