Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lark, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lark and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lark
- 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 Lark:
- 40.522370, -112.092617
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lark
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
- Since Lark is near Tooele County and also Utah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tooele County
- eBird sighting report for Utah 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lark ...
We found eight communities that share the name Lark.
Within Utah, the name Lark is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lark ...
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.
- Angels Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angels Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels Grove
- Angels Grove is located in Tooele County
- Bluffdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffdale
- Bluffdale is located in Salt Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,828 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluffdale <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bluffdale
- From Lark to Bluffdale
- Clover Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hills
- Clover Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Clover Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Ridge
- Clover Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
- Copperfield ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copperfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Copperfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Former name for Copperfield:
- Upper Bingham
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Copperfield
- From Lark to Copperfield
- Crystal Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hills
- Crystal Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Edenbrooke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edenbrooke have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenbrooke
- Edenbrooke is located in Salt Lake County
- Farm Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farm Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Meadows
- Farm Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Featherwood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Featherwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherwood Village
- Featherwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Freeman Butterfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman Butterfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Butterfield
- Freeman Butterfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Greenfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Heritage Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
- Heritage Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Lane Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lane Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- Lane Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Majestic Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Majestic Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Cove
- Majestic Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Majestic Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Majestic Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Heights
- Majestic Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Marblewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marblewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblewood
- Marblewood is located in Salt Lake County
- Meadowridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowridge
- Meadowridge is located in Salt Lake County
- Medallion Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medallion Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medallion Cove
- Medallion Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Park Avenue
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Avenue have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Avenue
- Park Avenue is located in Salt Lake County
- Purple Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purple Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Hills
- Purple Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Walnut Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
- Walnut Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Western Charm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Western Charm have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Charm
- Western Charm is located in Salt Lake County
- Jordan
How Far From Lark 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 Lark 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 community of Lark once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lark and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lark to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,853 miles [2,982.1 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 106 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,018 miles [11,294.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,786 miles [12,530.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,766 miles [9,279.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Salt Lake County: www.slco.org/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Lark 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> | 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 Lark, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lark) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lark. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5224, Longitude: -112.0926 In this case, the coordinates for Lark have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Lark to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.06 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.625 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.902 degrees. |