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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 North Fork Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Fork Estates 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 North Fork Estates:
- 41.337718, -111.857996
- 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 North Fork Estates
- 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 Weber County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weber County
- Since North Fork Estates is near Box Elder County and also Cache County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Box Elder County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cache 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 North Fork Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Fork Estates ...
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.
- Eden Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Eden Hills is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Hills
- Eden Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eden Meadows is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Meadows
- Liberty
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liberty Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Liberty Meadows is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Meadows
- Patio Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Patio Springs is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patio Springs
- Willow Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Willow Creek is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Wolf Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wolf Creek is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Wolf Creek Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wolf Creek Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Village
- Wolf Star
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wolf Star is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Star
How Far From North Fork Estates 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 North Fork Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in North Fork Estates and extending to:
- Ogden, which is the Seat of Weber County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Fork Estates to Ogden, 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 39 miles [62.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,834 miles [2,951.5 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 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 7,731 miles [12,441.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,714 miles [9,195.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (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- North Fork Estates) 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 North Fork Estates 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 North Fork Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3377, Longitude: -111.8580 In this case, the coordinates for North Fork Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.951 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.567 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.705 degrees. |
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