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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 Hillside Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillside Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hillside Village:
    • 40.625504, -111.820489
    • 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 Hillside Village
  • 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 Hillside Village is near Utah County and also Summit 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 Summit 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 Hillside Village

Communities Also Named Hillside Village ...

We found two communities that are also named Hillside Village.

Within Utah, the name Hillside Village is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Hillside Village [Bucks County].
      • Dauphin County
      • This Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County and lies 1,823 miles [2,933.8 km]<2> to the east of the Hillside Village that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Hillside Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hillside Village ...

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.

  • Apple Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Apple Valley is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
  • Butler Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Butler Hills is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Hills
  • Cherry Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cherry Hills is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hills
  • Cherry Tree Lane
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cherry Tree Lane is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree Lane
  • Cotton Wood Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cotton Wood Cove is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Wood Cove
  • Cottonwood Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cottonwood Acres is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Acres
  • Cottonwood Glade
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cottonwood Glade is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Glade
  • Cottonwood Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Cottonwood Manor
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cottonwood Manor is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Manor
  • Cottonwood Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cottonwood Park is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Park
  • Cottonwood Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cottonwood Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Ridge
  • Cottonwood Slopes
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cottonwood Slopes is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Slopes
  • Continue List   (39 more) ...
    • Cottonwood Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Cottonwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Village
    • Creek Crest
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Creek Crest is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Crest
    • Danish Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Danish Hills is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Hills
    • Enchanted Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Enchanted Hills is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Hills
    • Finlandia
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Finlandia is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finlandia
    • Forest Creek Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Forest Creek Cove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Creek Cove
    • Gill
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Gill is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
    • Haven Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Haven Grove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Grove
    • Heather Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Heather Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Circle
    • Helm
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Helm is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
    • Honeywood Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Honeywood Cove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeywood Cove
    • Honeywood Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Honeywood Hills is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeywood Hills
    • Horizon Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Horizon Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horizon Circle
    • International Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • International Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for International Gardens
    • Jamestown
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Jamestown is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Jeremy
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Jeremy is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremy
    • Lazy Bar
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Lazy Bar is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Bar
    • Little Cottonwood Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Phoenician Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Phoenician Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenician Gardens
    • Pine Mountain
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Pine Mountain is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
    • Prospector Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Prospector Hills is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospector Hills
    • Reindeer Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Reindeer Hills is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reindeer Hills
    • Ridge Road
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Ridge Road is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Road
    • Riverwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Riverwood is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
    • Rolling Knolls
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Rolling Knolls is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Knolls
    • Royal Lane
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Royal Lane is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Lane
    • Shady Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Shady Grove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Summer Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Summer Oaks is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Oaks
    • Sunburst Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Sunburst Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburst Circle
    • Sunrise Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sunrise Hills is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Hills
    • Tall Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Tall Oaks is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Oaks
    • Terrace Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Terrace Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Circle
    • Union View
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Union View is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union View
    • Walnut Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Wildwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Wildwood is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Willow Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Willow Creek is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • Willow Creek View
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Willow Creek View is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek View
    • Willow Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Willow Hill is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Hill
    • Willowcreek Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Willowcreek Oaks is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowcreek Oaks

How Far From Hillside Village 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 Hillside Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hillside Village and extending to:

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hillside Village to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,005 miles [11,273.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,773 miles [12,509.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Hillside Village 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hillside Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hillside Village 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 Hillside Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6255, Longitude: -111.8205       In this case, the coordinates for Hillside Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.856 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.393 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.737 degrees.