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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 Katies Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Katies Place 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 Katies Place:
- 41.083277, -112.026887
- 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 Katies Place
- 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 Katies Place is near Weber County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weber 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 Katies Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Katies Place ...
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.
- Anchorage
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Anchorage is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Bluff Road
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bluff Road is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Road
- Camelot
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Camelot is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Cherry Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cherry Hill is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Golden Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Golden Park is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
- Grants Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Grants Lane is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants Lane
- Green Lawns
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Lawns is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lawns
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- King
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- King is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Lakeview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Marshall Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Marshall Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
- Maybrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Maybrook is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybrook
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Meadow Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meadow Park is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- Phyllis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Phyllis is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phyllis
- Pleasant Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Pratts
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pratts is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Robins Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Robins Park is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robins Park
- Rogers Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rogers Park is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Park
- Sundial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sundial Park is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundial Park
- Suntrails
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Suntrails is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suntrails
- Terrace View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Terrace View is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace View
- Yorkshire Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire Place is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Place
How Far From Katies Place 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 Katies Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Katies Place and extending to:
- Farmington, which is the Seat of Davis County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Katies Place to Farmington, with an average speed<2> 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 23 miles [37 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,844 miles [2,967.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,982 miles [11,236.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,750 miles [12,472.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,733 miles [9,226.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Katies Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Katies Place 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 Katies Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0833, Longitude: -112.0269 In this case, the coordinates for Katies Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.061 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.675 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.823 degrees. |
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