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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 Orchard Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orchard Gardens 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 Orchard Gardens:
    • 40.679114, -111.826600
    • 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 Orchard Gardens
  • 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 Orchard Gardens is near Davis County and also Summit 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 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 Orchard Gardens

Communities Also Named Orchard Gardens ...

We found one communities that are also named Orchard Gardens.

Within Utah, the name Orchard Gardens is unique.

Beyond Utah, there is another community also named Orchard Gardens in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Hanover County
      • This Orchard Gardens is located in Hanover County and lies 1,849 miles [2,975.7 km]<1> to the east of the Orchard Gardens that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Orchard Gardens.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Orchard Gardens ...

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.

  • Blue Spruce
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Blue Spruce is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Spruce
  • Bonnie Brae
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bonnie Brae is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
  • Bonnie View
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bonnie View is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie View
  • Boulevard
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Boulevard is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulevard
  • Cottonwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Cottonwood Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cottonwood Hills is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Hills
  • Cottonwood Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cottonwood Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Meadows
  • Crown Colony
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Crown Colony is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Colony
  • Eddie Kay
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Eddie Kay is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddie Kay
  • Ethel Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Ethel Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel Gardens
  • Fawn Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Fawn Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Gardens
  • Flamingo Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Flamingo Hills is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamingo Hills
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Florence Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Florence Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Hollow
    • Green Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Green Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
    • Haven Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Haven Place is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Place
    • Jo Lynn
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Jo Lynn is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jo Lynn
    • Juniper
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Juniper is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
    • Knight
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Knight is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight
    • Lincoln Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Lincoln Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Gardens
    • Locust Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Locust Grove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Mount Olympus Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Mount Olympus Hills is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus Hills
    • Nathan Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Nathan Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan Circle
    • Park Central
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Park Central is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Central
    • Paul
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Paul is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
    • Peony Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Peony Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peony Gardens
    • Pheasant Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Pheasant Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Hollow
    • Rose Garden
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Rose Garden is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Garden
    • Sage Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Sage Hill is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Hill
    • Shadow Mountain
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Shadow Mountain is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Mountain
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Sleepy Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
    • Spring Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Spring Creek is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Spring Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Spring Run is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Run
    • Sycamore Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sycamore Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Gardens
    • Vegas
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Vegas is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vegas
    • Wander Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Wander Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wander Village
    • Woodside Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Woodside Heights is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Heights
    • Young Haven Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Young Haven Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Haven Circle

How Far From Orchard Gardens 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 Orchard Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the northwest (NW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Orchard Gardens to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 105 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 72 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 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 7,770 miles [12,504.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,748 miles [9,250.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Orchard Gardens) 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 Orchard Gardens 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 Orchard Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6791, Longitude: -111.8266       In this case, the coordinates for Orchard Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.866 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.409 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.736 degrees.