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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 Manti Canyon Summer Homes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Manti Canyon Summer Homes and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Manti Canyon Summer Homes
- 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 Manti Canyon Summer Homes:
- 39.256073, -111.521303
- 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 Manti Canyon Summer Homes
- 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 Sanpete County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanpete County
- Since Manti Canyon Summer Homes is near Emery County and also Sevier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier 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 Manti Canyon Summer Homes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Manti Canyon Summer Homes ...
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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Christianburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Christianburg is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christianburg
- Dover ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Freedom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Freedom is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Mount Pleasant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,580 people
- Former names for Mount Pleasant:
- Fort Hambleton
- Hambleton
- Hambletowns Settlement
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <1>
- Pigeon Hollow Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spearmint
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Spearmint is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearmint
- Spring City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
How Far From Manti Canyon Summer Homes 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 Manti Canyon Summer Homes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Manti Canyon Summer Homes and extending to:
- Manti, which is the Seat of Sanpete County, lies just to the West.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Manti Canyon Summer Homes to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km] to the east (E). Driving 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 7,081 miles [11,395.8 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 7,848 miles [12,630.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,816 miles [9,359.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Manti Canyon Summer Homes) 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 Manti Canyon Summer Homes 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 Manti Canyon Summer Homes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2561, Longitude: -111.5213 In this case, the coordinates for Manti Canyon Summer Homes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.483 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.833 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.657 degrees. |
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