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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 Lindon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lindon 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 Lindon:
- 40.341394, -111.718630
- 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 Lindon
- 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 Utah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Utah County
- Since Lindon is near Salt Lake County and also Wasatch County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wasatch 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 Lindon
Communities Also Named Lindon ...
We found two communities that are also named Lindon.
Within Utah, the name Lindon is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Washington County
- This Lindon is located in Washington County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the east of the Lindon that is located in Utah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Lindon.
- Kansas
- Nemaha 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 Kansas community of Lindon [Nemaha County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lindon ...
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.
- American Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- American Fork is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,896 people
- Former names for American Fork:
- Lake City
- McArthursville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Fork <3>
- Bunker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bunker is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker
- Christmas City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Christmas City is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas City
- Geneva ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Geneva is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Hardy
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hardy is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Pleasant Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Snow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Snow is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
- Vineyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vineyard is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,570 people
- Wicks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wicks is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicks
- Wing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wing is located in Utah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
How Far From Lindon 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 city such as Lindon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lindon and extending to:
- Provo, which is the Seat of Utah County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Lindon to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 1,835 miles [2,953.1 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 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 7,020 miles [11,297.6 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 7,788 miles [12,533.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,763 miles [9,274.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lindon) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lindon 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lindon 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 Lindon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3414, Longitude: -111.7186 In this case, the coordinates for Lindon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.748 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.241 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.698 degrees. |
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