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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 Ogden Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ogden Heights 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 Ogden Heights:
- 41.184944, -112.014664
- 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 Ogden Heights
- 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 Ogden Heights is near Davis County and also Morgan 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 Morgan 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 Ogden Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ogden Heights ...
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.
- Apple Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Apple Park is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Park
- Call
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Call is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call
- Cedar Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cedar Ridge is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- Cozydale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cozydale is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozydale
- Diamond Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Diamond Hills is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hills
- English Manor
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- English Manor is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
- Harmony Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harmony Park is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Park
- Highland View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Highland View is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
- Laurel Lea
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Laurel Lea is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lea
- Lee Mesa
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lee Mesa is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Mesa
- Park Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Park Lake is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
- Quail Point
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Quail Point is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Point
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- River Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- River Valley is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Valley
- Shamrock
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shamrock is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Sunray
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sunray is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunray
- Tanner
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tanner is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
- Valley Side
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Valley Side is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Side
How Far From Ogden Heights 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 Ogden Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ogden Heights and extending to:
- Ogden, which is the Seat of Weber County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Ogden Heights to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<2> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,843 miles [2,966 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,975 miles [11,225.2 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 7,744 miles [12,462.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,727 miles [9,216.7 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- Ogden Heights) 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 Ogden Heights 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 Ogden Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1849, Longitude: -112.0147 In this case, the coordinates for Ogden Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.061 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.683 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.808 degrees. |
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