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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 Jackson Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jackson Acres 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 Jackson Acres:
- 41.315775, -112.042165
- 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 Jackson Acres
- 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 Weber County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weber County
- Since Jackson Acres is near Box Elder County and also Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Box Elder County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davis 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 Jackson Acres
Communities Also Named Jackson Acres ...
We found two communities that are also named Jackson Acres.
Within Utah, the name Jackson Acres is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Yavapai 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 Arizona community of Jackson Acres [Yavapai County].
- West Virginia
- Lewis County
- This Jackson Acres is located in Lewis County and lies 1,665 miles [2,679.6 km]<2> to the east of the Jackson Acres that is located in Weber County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Jackson Acres.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jackson Acres ...
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.
- Cherrywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cherrywood is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
- Cinnamon Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cinnamon Park is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Park
- Cottonwood Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Green Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Hill Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hill Top is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Hunting Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunting Creek is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Creek
- Indian Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Hills is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Irene
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Irene is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Jillville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jillville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jillville
- King Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- King Place is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Place
- Lakeview Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Majestic Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Majestic Heights is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Heights
- Misty Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Misty Meadows is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Meadows
- Mountain Shadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mountain Shadows is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadows
- Mystic Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mystic Mountain is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Mountain
- Paradise Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Paradise Hills is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
- Pioneer Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Plain City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plain City is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,862 people
- Pleasant View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,808 people
- Rosehill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rosehill is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill
- Scottish Highlands
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Scottish Highlands is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottish Highlands
- Slaterville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Slaterville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
- Stone Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stone Creek is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
- Willowbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willowbrook is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Willowcreek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willowcreek is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowcreek
How Far From Jackson Acres to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jackson Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jackson Acres and extending to:
- Ogden, which is the Seat of Weber County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Jackson Acres to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,843 miles [2,966 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 6,968 miles [11,213.9 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 7,737 miles [12,451.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,721 miles [9,207.1 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 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 Jackson Acres 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- Jackson Acres) 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 Jackson Acres 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 Jackson Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3158, Longitude: -112.0422 In this case, the coordinates for Jackson Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.095 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.734 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.814 degrees. |
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