Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hill Top, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hill Top and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hill Top
- 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 Hill Top:
- 39.714683, -111.470191
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hill Top
- 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 Sanpete County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sanpete County
- Since Hill Top is near Utah County and also Emery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Utah County
- eBird sighting report for Emery 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hill Top ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Hill Top.
There is one other community in Utah which is also named Hill Top.
Beyond Utah, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Utah ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Hill Top [Calhoun County].
- Marengo County
- This Hill Top is located in Marengo County and lies 1,408 miles [2,266 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hill Top that is located in Sanpete County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marengo County community of Hill Top.
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- This Hill Top is located in Benton County and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<1> to the east of the Hill Top that is located in Sanpete County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Hill Top.
- Boone County
- This Hill Top is located in Boone County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km] to the east of the Hill Top that is located in Sanpete County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Hill Top.
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Fleming County
- This Hill Top is located in Fleming County and lies 1,479 miles [2,380.2 km]<1> to the east of the Hill Top that is located in Sanpete County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fleming County community of Hill Top.
- McCreary County
- This Hill Top is located in McCreary County and lies 1,470 miles [2,365.7 km] to the east of the Hill Top that is located in Sanpete County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCreary County community of Hill Top.
- Menifee County
- This Hill Top is located in Menifee County and lies 1,496 miles [2,407.6 km] to the east of the Hill Top that is located in Sanpete County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menifee County community of Hill Top.
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Oklahoma
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hill Top ...
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.
- Beaver Dams
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dams
- Beaver Dams is located in Sanpete County
- Beaver Dams has also been known as:
- Beaver Dams Summer Homes Area
- Birdseye
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
- Birdseye is located in Utah County
- Former names for Birdseye:
- Clinton
- Summit Basin
- Fountain Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Green have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
- Fountain Green is located in Sanpete County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Green <5>
- Freedom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Jerusalem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,580 people
- Former names for Mount Pleasant:
- Fort Hambleton
- Hambleton
- Hambletowns Settlement
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <5>
- Oak Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Spring City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Spring City is located in Sanpete County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,100 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring City <5>
- Winter Quarters ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Quarters have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Quarters
- Winter Quarters is located in Carbon County
How Far From Hill Top 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 Hill Top to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hill Top and extending to:
- Manti, which is the Seat of Sanpete County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hill Top to Manti, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,829 miles [2,943.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,051 miles [11,347.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,819 miles [12,583.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,789 miles [9,316.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hill Top. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
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- Hill Top) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hill Top. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7147, Longitude: -111.4702 In this case, the coordinates for Hill Top have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hill Top, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Hill Top 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Hill Top to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.49 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.882 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.598 degrees. |