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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 Levan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Levan 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 Levan:
- 39.556475, -111.860750
- 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 Levan
- 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 Juab County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Juab County
- Since Levan is near Sanpete County and also Millard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanpete County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Millard 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 Levan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Levan ...
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.
- Chester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fountain Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Gypsum Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gypsum Mill is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsum Mill
- Jerusalem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Parley ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Parley is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parley
- Red Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Point is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Point
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sharp is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
How Far From Levan 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 town such as Levan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Levan and extending to:
- Nephi, which is the Seat of Juab County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Levan to Nephi, with an average speed<3> 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 83 miles [133.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,851 miles [2,978.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 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 7,839 miles [12,615.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,810 miles [9,350.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Levan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Levan 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 Levan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5565, Longitude: -111.8607 In this case, the coordinates for Levan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.781 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.212 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.833 degrees. |
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