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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 Mammoth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mammoth 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 Mammoth:
    • 39.925858, -112.127183
    • 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 Mammoth
  • 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 Mammoth 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 Mammoth

Communities Also Named Mammoth ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Mammoth.

Within Utah, the name Mammoth is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Pinal County
      • This Mammoth is located in Pinal County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the south of the Mammoth that is located in Juab County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinal County community of Mammoth.
    • California
      • Modoc County
      • This Mammoth is located in Modoc County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mammoth that is located in Juab County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Modoc County community of Mammoth.
    • Florida
      • Polk 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 Florida community of Mammoth [Polk County].
    • Missouri
      • Ozark County
      • This Mammoth is located in Ozark County and lies 1,092 miles [1,757.4 km]<1> to the east of the Mammoth that is located in Juab County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ozark County community of Mammoth.
    • Montana
      • Madison County
      • This Mammoth is located in Madison County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the north of the Mammoth that is located in Juab County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Mammoth.
    • Nevada
      • Douglas County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Douglas County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Mammoth.
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Mammoth.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Mammoth is located in Westmoreland County and lies 1,716 miles [2,761.6 km]<1> to the east of the Mammoth that is located in Juab County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Mammoth.
    • Texas
      • Lipscomb 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 Texas community of Mammoth [Lipscomb County].
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Mammoth is located in Kanawha County and lies 1,644 miles [2,645.8 km]<1> to the east of the Mammoth that is located in Juab County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Mammoth.
    • Wyoming
      • Hot Springs 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 Wyoming community of Mammoth [Hot Springs County].
      • Park County
      • This Mammoth is located in Park County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the north of the Mammoth that is located in Juab County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Mammoth.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mammoth ...

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.

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

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

  • Nephi, which is the Seat of Juab County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mammoth to Nephi, with an average speed<5> 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 most of a day.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,861 miles [2,995 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,055 miles [11,353.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,823 miles [12,589.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,799 miles [9,332.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Mammoth) 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 Mammoth 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>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 Mammoth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Mammoth 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 Mammoth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9259, Longitude: -112.1272    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.028 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.537 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.963 degrees.