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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 Park Avenue, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park Avenue 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 Park Avenue:
    • 40.519949, -111.936325
    • 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 Park Avenue
  • 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 Park Avenue is near Utah County and also Tooele County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Utah County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele 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 Park Avenue

Curious and Interesting Names Near Park Avenue ...

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.

  • Bluffdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Clover Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Clover Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Ridge
  • Farm Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Farm Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Meadows
  • Featherwood Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Featherwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherwood Village
  • Freeman Butterfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Freeman Butterfield is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Butterfield
  • Greenfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Greenfield is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Greenfield Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Greenfield Farms is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Farms
  • Heritage Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Heritage Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
  • Jordan
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jordan is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lane Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Lane Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
    • Majestic Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Majestic Cove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Cove
    • Majestic Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Majestic Heights is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Heights
    • Marblewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Marblewood is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblewood
    • Medallion Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Medallion Cove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medallion Cove
    • Western Charm
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Western Charm is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Charm

How Far From Park Avenue 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 Park Avenue to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Park Avenue and extending to:

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Park Avenue to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,845 miles [2,969.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,014 miles [11,287.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,782 miles [12,523.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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- Park Avenue) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Park Avenue 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 Park Avenue. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5199, Longitude: -111.9363       In this case, the coordinates for Park Avenue have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.937 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.48 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.812 degrees.