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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 Panorama, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Panorama 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 Panorama:
    • 40.933556, -111.871605
    • 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 Panorama
  • 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 Panorama is near Summit County and also Salt Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Salt Lake 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 Panorama

Communities Also Named Panorama ...

We found five communities that are also named Panorama.

There is one other community in Utah that is also named Panorama.

Beyond Utah, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Utah ...
    • Salt Lake County
      • This Panorama is located in Salt Lake County and lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south of the Panorama that is located in Davis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Panorama.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Panorama is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,467 miles [2,360.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Panorama that is located in Davis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Panorama.
    • British Columbia
      • This Panorama lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Panorama that is located in Davis County.
    • New York
      • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Panorama [Monroe County].
    • Virginia
      • Rappahannock County
      • This Panorama is located in Rappahannock County and lies 1,775 miles [2,856.6 km]<1> to the east of the Panorama that is located in Davis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rappahannock County community of Panorama.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Panorama ...

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.

  • Benchmark Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Benchmark Village is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchmark Village
  • Cave Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cave Hollow is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Hollow
  • Center Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Center Village is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
  • Centerville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Centerville is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,530 people
    • Former names for Centerville:
    • Cherry Settlement
    • Deuel Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <3>
  • Cinnamon Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cinnamon Ridge is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
  • Green Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Green Meadows is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Hillcrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hillcrest is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Hillside Meadow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hillside Meadow is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Meadow
  • Major
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Major is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major
  • Meadow Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Meadow Springs is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Springs
  • Orchard View
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Orchard View is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
  • Pheasantbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pheasantbrook is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasantbrook
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Placid Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Placid Cove is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placid Cove
    • Randall Way
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Randall Way is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Way
    • Rockwood Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rockwood Gardens is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Gardens
    • Rolling Hills Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Rosedale
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Rosedale is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Sunset Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sunset Heights is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights

How Far From Panorama to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Panorama to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Farmington, which is the Seat of Davis County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Panorama to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,838 miles [2,958 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,987 miles [11,244.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,756 miles [12,482.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,736 miles [9,231.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Panorama) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Panorama could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Panorama 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 Panorama. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9336, Longitude: -111.8716       In this case, the coordinates for Panorama have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.925 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.501 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.744 degrees.