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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 Keetley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keetley 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 Keetley:
- 40.635312, -111.414655
- 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 Keetley
- 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 Wasatch County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wasatch County
- Since Keetley is near Summit County and also Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake 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 Keetley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Keetley ...
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.
- Forest Glen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Forest Glen is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Francis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Francis is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,611 people
- Hailstone ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hideout
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hideout is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Lady of the Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lady of the Lake is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lady of the Lake
- Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mound City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Spa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mountain Spa is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Spa
- Park City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Silver Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Springs is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Solitude
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
How Far From Keetley 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 Keetley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Keetley once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Keetley and extending to:
- Heber City, which is the Seat of Wasatch County, lies just to the South.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Keetley to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,816 miles [2,922.6 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 71 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 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 7,762 miles [12,491.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,737 miles [9,232.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Keetley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Keetley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Keetley 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 Keetley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6353, Longitude: -111.4147 In this case, the coordinates for Keetley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.538 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.019 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.50 degrees. |
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