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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 Langford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Langford and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Langford:
    • 40.536060, -111.942436
    • 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 Langford
  • 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 Langford is near Utah County and also Tooele County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Utah County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele 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 Langford

Communities Also Named Langford ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Langford.

There is one other community in Utah that is also named Langford.

Beyond Utah, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Utah ...
    • Weber County
      • This Langford is located in Weber County and lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the north of the Langford that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Langford.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Langford is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Langford that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Langford.
    • British Columbia
      • This Langford lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Langford that is located in Salt Lake County.
    • Colorado
      • Boulder County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Langford [Boulder County].
    • Kentucky
      • Rockcastle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Langford [Rockcastle County].
    • Maryland
      • Kent County
      • This Langford is located in Kent County and lies 1,886 miles [3,035.2 km]<1> to the east of the Langford that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Langford.
    • Mississippi
      • Rankin County
      • This Langford is located in Rankin County and lies 1,340 miles [2,156.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Langford that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Langford.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Langford is located in Erie County and lies 1,705 miles [2,743.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Langford that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Langford.
    • Ontario
      • This Langford lies 1,636 miles [2,632.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Langford that is located in Salt Lake County.
    • South Dakota
      • Marshall County
      • This Langford is located in Marshall County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Langford that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Langford.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Langford is located in Albemarle County and lies 1,778 miles [2,861.4 km]<1> to the east of the Langford that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Langford.
      • Hanover County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Langford [Hanover County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Langford ...

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.

  • Clover Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Clover Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Ridge
  • Crescent
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Crescent is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Farm Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Farm Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Meadows
  • Featherwood Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Featherwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherwood Village
  • Freeman Butterfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Freeman Butterfield is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Butterfield
  • Greenfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Greenfield is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Greenfield Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenfield Farms is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Farms
  • Heritage Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Heritage Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
  • Jordan
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jordan is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Lane Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lane Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
  • Majestic Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Majestic Cove is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Cove
  • Majestic Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Majestic Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Heights
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Marblewood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Marblewood is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblewood
    • Medallion Cove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Medallion Cove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medallion Cove
    • Park Avenue
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Park Avenue is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Avenue
    • Western Charm
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Western Charm is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Charm

How Far From Langford 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 Langford to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Langford and extending to:

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Langford to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,845 miles [2,969.2 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 7,013 miles [11,286.3 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 7,782 miles [12,523.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,760 miles [9,269.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Langford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Langford 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.
<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 Langford 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 Langford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5361, Longitude: -111.9424       In this case, the coordinates for Langford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.943 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.488 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.814 degrees.