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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 High Avenue, we use the following websites to find information relevant to High Avenue 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 High Avenue:
- 40.737724, -111.935493
- 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 High Avenue
- 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 High Avenue 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 High Avenue
Curious and Interesting Names Near High Avenue ...
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.
- Blaine
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Blaine is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Bullock
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bullock is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Cannon
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cannon is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- City Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- City Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Park
- Colorado
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Colorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
- Edwards
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Edwards is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Fountain Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fountain Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Place
- Foxs
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Foxs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxs
- Franklin
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Glenn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glenn is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Golden Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Golden Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
- Granite
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- Great Westside
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Great Westside is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Westside
- Hector Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hector Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Park
- Holland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Hunters
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hunters is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
- Jones
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jones is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Jordan Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jordan Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
- Lincoln Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Maple Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maple Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Meadows
- Martins
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Martins is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
- Mead Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mead Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Circle
- Poplar Place
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Poplar Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Place
- Rock Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rock Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Roper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roper is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Rural
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rural is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Salt Lake City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sharp is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Silver Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Silver Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Park
- Snow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Snow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
- Syndicate Place
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Syndicate Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syndicate Place
- Temple View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Temple View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple View
- Thorn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Thorn is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn
- University
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- University is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- Victory Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Victory Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
- Wahoo
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wahoo is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
How Far From High Avenue 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 High Avenue to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in High Avenue 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 1,843 miles [2,966 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from High Avenue to White House, with an average speed<3>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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,001 miles [11,267 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 7,769 miles [12,503 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,749 miles [9,252.1 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- High Avenue) 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 High Avenue 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 High Avenue. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7377, Longitude: -111.9355 In this case, the coordinates for High Avenue have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.957 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.522 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.795 degrees. |
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