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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 Margarethe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Margarethe 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 Margarethe:
- 40.826335, -111.734654
- 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 Margarethe
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
- Since Margarethe is near Davis County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Margarethe
Curious and Interesting Names Near Margarethe ...
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.
- Cottonwood Acres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Acres is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Acres
- Cottonwood Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Emerald Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Hills
- Federal-Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Federal-Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal-Heights
- Fraternity Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fraternity Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraternity Park
- Granada Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Granada Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada Hills
- Grand View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grand View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Hilltop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Hilltop Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltop Gardens is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Gardens
- Little Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Little Mountain is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
- Maple City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maple City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
- Maple Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maple Cove is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Cove
- Continue List (27 more) ...
- Maple Crest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Crest is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Crest
- Maple Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hills
- Maple Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Maple Springs is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Springs
- Merrywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Merrywood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywood
- Mountain Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Park is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Mountain Top Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Top Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top Park
- Nelson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Oak Way
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Way is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Way
- Orchard Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Park is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
- Orchard Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Orchard Place is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Place
- Paradise Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
- Perrys Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Perrys Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Hollow
- Pinecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pinecrest is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Pratts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pratts is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Quad
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quad is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quad
- Quailbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Quailbrook is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailbrook
- Rainbow Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rainbow Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Hills
- Reed
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reed is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Spring Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spring Glen is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Glen
- Stanley Circle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stanley Circle is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Circle
- Star Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Star Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Heights
- Summer Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Summer Oak is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Oak
- Sunset Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sunset Hollow is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hollow
- University Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- University Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Vineyard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vineyard is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Virginia Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Virginia Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights
- Vistaview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vistaview is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vistaview
How Far From Margarethe 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 Margarethe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Margarethe and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Margarethe to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<2> 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 9 miles [14.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,831 miles [2,946.7 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 104 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,990 miles [11,249.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,759 miles [12,486.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,737 miles [9,232.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Margarethe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Margarethe 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 Margarethe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8263, Longitude: -111.7347 In this case, the coordinates for Margarethe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.807 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.353 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.672 degrees. |
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