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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 Maxfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maxfield and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Maxfield:
    • 40.574392, -111.937158
    • 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 Maxfield
  • 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 Maxfield 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 Maxfield

Communities Also Named Maxfield ...

We found four communities that are also named Maxfield.

Within Utah, the name Maxfield is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Bremer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Maxfield [Bremer County].
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Maxfield is located in Penobscot County and lies 2,180 miles [3,508.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Maxfield that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Maxfield.
      • Somerset County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Maxfield [Somerset County].
    • Washington
      • Thurston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Maxfield [Thurston County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maxfield ...

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.

  • Clover Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Clover Hills is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hills
  • Clover Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Clover Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Ridge
  • Crescent
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Crescent is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Crystal Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal Hills is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hills
  • David Street
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • David Street is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David Street
  • Edenbrooke
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Edenbrooke is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenbrooke
  • Featherwood Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Featherwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherwood Village
  • Greenfield Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Greenfield Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Meadows
  • Greenwood Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Greenwood Park is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Park
  • Heritage Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Heritage Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
  • Heritage Villa
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Heritage Villa is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Villa
  • Lane Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lane Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Majestic Cove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Majestic Cove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Cove
    • Majestic Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Majestic Heights is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Heights
    • Meadow Lane
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Meadow Lane is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
    • Meadowridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Meadowridge is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowridge
    • Purple Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Purple Hills is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Hills
    • Spring Hollow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hollow
    • Twin Lakes
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes

How Far From Maxfield to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Maxfield to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Maxfield to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 13 miles [20.9 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,844 miles [2,967.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,011 miles [11,283.1 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 7,779 miles [12,519.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Maxfield 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.
<2>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- Maxfield) 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 Maxfield 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 Maxfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5744, Longitude: -111.9372       In this case, the coordinates for Maxfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.943 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.491 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.808 degrees.