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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 Mountain Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Meadows 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 Mountain Meadows:
    • 37.475897, -113.642324
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mountain Meadows
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Mountain Meadows ...

We found two communities that share the name Mountain Meadows.

Within Utah, the name Mountain Meadows is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Boulder County
      • This Mountain Meadows is located in Boulder County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mountain Meadows that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Mountain Meadows.
    • Tennessee
      • Putnam County
      • This Mountain Meadows is located in Putnam County and lies 1,558 miles [2,507.4 km]<1> to the east of the Mountain Meadows that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Mountain Meadows.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Meadows ...

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.

  • Bull Valley ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Valley
    • Bull Valley is located in Washington County
  • Central
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
    • Central is located in Washington County
  • Enterprise
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gunlock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hebron ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
    • Hebron is located in Washington County
  • Iron Mountain
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain
    • Iron Mountain is located in Iron County
  • Little Pinto ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Pinto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pinto
    • Little Pinto is located in Iron County
    • Little Pinto has also been known as:
    • Page Ranch
  • Old Irontown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Irontown
    • Old Irontown is located in Iron County
    • Old Irontown has also been known as:
    • Iron City
    • Irontown

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Mountain Meadows once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Meadows and extending to:

  • Saint George, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Meadows to Saint George, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 245 miles [394.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,975 miles [3,178.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,243 miles [11,656.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,011 miles [12,892.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,983 miles [9,628.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Washington County: www.washco.state.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

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- Mountain Meadows) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mountain Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4759, Longitude: -113.6423    
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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 Mountain Meadows, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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.
<7>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 Mountain Meadows to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.956 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.435 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.956 degrees.




 

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