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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 King Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to King Valley 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 King Valley:
- 40.683279, -112.046051
- 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 King Valley
- 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 King Valley is near Tooele County and also Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele 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 King Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near King Valley ...
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 Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cherrywood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood Village
- Copper City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Copper City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Copper Hills Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Copper Hills Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hills Heights
- Copperview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Copperview is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperview
- Creekview
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Creekview is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekview
- Crisp
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Crisp is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Cyprus Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cyprus Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyprus Heights
- Delta Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delta Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Park
- Dial Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dial Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial Heights
- Equestrian Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Equestrian Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Springs
- Falconcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Falconcrest is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falconcrest
- Fox Shadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Shadow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Shadow
- Continue List (28 more) ...
- Glen Heather
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Glen Heather is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Heather
- Harmony Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harmony Lane is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Lane
- Hector Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hector Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Village
- Highland Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Highland Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
- Hunter
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hunter is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Hunter Farmes
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hunter Farmes is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Farmes
- Hunter Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hunter Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Heights
- Hunter Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hunter Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hills
- Hunter Stake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hunter Stake is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Stake
- Indian Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Jonesdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jonesdale is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
- Majestic Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Majestic Grove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Grove
- Mallard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mallard is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
- Martin Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Martin Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Village
- Merry Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Merry Lane is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Lane
- Orchard View
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Orchard View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
- Polaris Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Polaris Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polaris Gardens
- Silver Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Silver Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Meadows
- Springbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Springbrook is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Sue Ann
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sue Ann is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue Ann
- Sundown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sundown is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
- Sunny Side
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sunny Side is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Sunset Downs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Downs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Downs
- Sunset Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sunset Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Swallow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Swallow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallow
- Teasel Downs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Teasel Downs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasel Downs
- Willow Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Cove
- Woodledge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woodledge is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodledge
How Far From King Valley 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 King Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in King Valley and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from King Valley to Salt Lake City, 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 9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,849 miles [2,975.7 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 73 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,007 miles [11,276.7 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 7,775 miles [12,512.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,755 miles [9,261.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- King Valley) 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 King Valley 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 King Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6833, Longitude: -112.0461 In this case, the coordinates for King Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.039 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.614 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.864 degrees. |
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