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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 Monarch Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monarch Hills 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 Monarch Hills:
    • 40.850223, -111.893549
    • 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 Monarch Hills
  • 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 Davis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davis County
    • Since Monarch Hills is near Salt Lake County and also Summit 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 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 Monarch Hills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Monarch Hills ...

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.

  • Brown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Brown is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
  • Castle
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Castle is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
  • Chalet
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Chalet is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet
  • Colonial
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Colonial is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial
  • Feller Drive
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Feller Drive is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feller Drive
  • Garden Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Garden Grove is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
  • Harbor Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Harbor Heights is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Heights
  • Hillside Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hillside Gardens is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Gardens
  • Hillside Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hillside Oaks is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Oaks
  • Hogan Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hogan Park is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan Park
  • Jenkins Orchard
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jenkins Orchard is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Orchard
  • Lakeview Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lakeview Park is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
  • Continue List   (28 more) ...
    • Maple Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Maple Springs is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Springs
    • Meadow Crossing
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Meadow Crossing is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Crossing
    • Meadowlane
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Meadowlane is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlane
    • Mountain Aire
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Mountain Aire is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Aire
    • Mountains Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Mountains Meadows is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountains Meadows
    • Oak Way
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Oak Way is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Way
    • Oakleaf
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Oakleaf is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakleaf
    • Orchard Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Orchard Hills is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
    • Orchard Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Orchard Park is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
    • Orchard Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Orchard Place is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Place
    • Paradise Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Paradise Hills is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
    • Paul
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Paul is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
    • Pleasant
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Pleasant is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant
    • Rainbow Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Rainbow Hills is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Hills
    • Shamrock Drive
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Shamrock Drive is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Drive
    • Skyline Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Skyline Park is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Park
    • Spring Meadow
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Spring Meadow is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadow
    • Stanley Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Stanley Circle is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Circle
    • Star Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Star Heights is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Heights
    • Summer Oak
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Summer Oak is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Oak
    • Sundown
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Sundown is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
    • Sunset Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sunset Hollow is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hollow
    • Sunshine
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Sunshine is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Valerie
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Valerie is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valerie
    • Valley Side
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Valley Side is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Side
    • Valley Side Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Valley Side Circle is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Side Circle
    • Wildwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Wildwood is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Woods Cross
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Monarch Hills and extending to:

  • Farmington, which is the Seat of Davis County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Monarch Hills to Farmington, with an average speed<3> 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 just to the south (S).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,839 miles [2,959.6 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 6,993 miles [11,254.1 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 7,761 miles [12,490.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,741 miles [9,239.2 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 '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- Monarch Hills) 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 Monarch Hills 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 Monarch Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8502, Longitude: -111.8935       In this case, the coordinates for Monarch Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.935 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.505 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.763 degrees.