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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 La Loma, we use the following websites to find information relevant to La Loma 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 La Loma:
- 41.173555, -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 La Loma
- 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 La Loma is near Davis County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davis 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 La Loma
Communities Also Named La Loma ...
We found six communities that are also named La Loma.
Within Utah, the name La Loma is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Stanislaus 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 California community of La Loma [Stanislaus County].
- New Mexico
- Guadalupe 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 New Mexico community of La Loma [Guadalupe County].
- Santa Fe County
- This La Loma is located in Santa Fe County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the La Loma that is located in Weber County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Fe County community of La Loma.
- Taos County
- Although located in Taos County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taos County community of La Loma.
- Texas
- Cameron County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Cameron County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of La Loma.
- Reeves County
- This community is historic and although located in Reeves County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reeves County community of La Loma.
Curious and Interesting Names Near La Loma ...
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.
- Allred
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Allred is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allred
- Apple Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Apple Park is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Park
- Call
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Call is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call
- Cedar Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cedar Ridge is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- Clint Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clint Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint Village
- Cozydale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cozydale is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozydale
- Diamond Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Diamond Hills is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hills
- English Manor
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- English Manor is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
- Goodfellow
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Goodfellow is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfellow
- Harmony Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Harmony Park is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Park
- Heritage Square
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Heritage Square is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Square
- Jones
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jones is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Laurel Lea
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Laurel Lea is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lea
- Lee Mesa
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lee Mesa is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Mesa
- Meadowlane
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meadowlane is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlane
- Park Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Park Lake is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
- Pleasant View
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Purser
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Purser is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purser
- Quail Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Quail Point is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Point
- River Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- River Valley is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Valley
- Shamrock
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shamrock is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Sunray
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sunray is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunray
- Sunset Dale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunset Dale is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Dale
- Tanner
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tanner is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
- Valley Side
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Valley Side is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Side
How Far From La Loma 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 La Loma to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in La Loma and extending to:
- Ogden, which is the Seat of Weber County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from La Loma 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 1,844 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,976 miles [11,226.8 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 7,745 miles [12,464.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,728 miles [9,218.3 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 La Loma 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- La Loma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 La Loma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 La Loma 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 La Loma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1736, Longitude: -112.0269 In this case, the coordinates for La Loma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.07 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.692 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.816 degrees. |
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