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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 Hight, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hight 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 Hight:
- 40.973833, -111.884106
- 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 Hight
- 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 Davis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davis County
- Since Hight is near Summit County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Hight
Communities Also Named Hight ...
We found two communities that are also named Hight.
Within Utah, the name Hight is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Franklin 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 Arkansas community of Hight [Franklin County].
- Mississippi
- Winston County
- This Hight is located in Winston County and lies 1,370 miles [2,204.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Hight that is located in Davis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Hight.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hight ...
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.
- Cave Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cave Hollow is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Hollow
- Hillside Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hillside Meadow is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Meadow
- Lakeview Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lakeview Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Hills
- Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Meadowbrook is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Mountainside
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mountainside is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainside
- Oak Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oak Lane is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lane
- Quail Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Quail Cove is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Cove
- Quail Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Quail Run is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Rolling Hills Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stoney Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stoney Brook is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
- Sunset Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sunset Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Willow View
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willow View is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow View
- Woodland Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woodland Springs is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Springs
How Far From Hight 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 Hight to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hight and extending to:
- Farmington, which is the Seat of Davis County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Hight 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,838 miles [2,958 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 6,985 miles [11,241.3 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 7,754 miles [12,478.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,734 miles [9,228 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 Hight 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 from Point A (ie- Hight) 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 Hight 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 Hight. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9738, Longitude: -111.8841 In this case, the coordinates for Hight have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.939 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.521 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.748 degrees. |
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