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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 Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park Heights 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 Heights:
    • 40.661058, -111.975771
    • 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 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 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 Heights is near Davis County and also Tooele 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 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 Heights

Communities Also Named Park Heights ...

We found three communities that are also named Park Heights.

There is one other community in Utah that is also named Park Heights.

Beyond Utah, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Utah ...
    • Davis County
      • This Park Heights is located in Davis County and lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the north of the Park Heights that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Park Heights.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Stark County
      • This Park Heights is located in Stark County and lies 1,582 miles [2,546 km]<1> to the east of the Park Heights that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Park Heights.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York 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 Pennsylvania community of Park Heights [York County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Park 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.

  • Best View
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Best View is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best View
  • Bowling Green
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bowling Green is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
  • Cobblestone
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cobblestone is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone
  • Crown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Crown is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
  • Fox Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Fox Hills is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hills
  • Frost
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Frost is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
  • Georgetown ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Georgetown is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Green Tree
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Green Tree is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
  • Hall View
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hall View is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall View
  • Heatherglen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Heatherglen is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherglen
  • Hector Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hector Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Heights
  • Hector Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hector Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Village
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Horizon
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Horizon is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horizon
    • Indian Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Indian Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Jensen Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Jensen Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen Circle
    • Kingsgate
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Kingsgate is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
    • Little Trieste
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Little Trieste is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Trieste
    • Marian Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Marian Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marian Meadows
    • Meadow Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Meadow Heights is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Heights
    • Meadow Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Meadow Park is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
    • Meadow View
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Meadow View is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View
    • Meadowgate
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Meadowgate is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowgate
    • Melody Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Melody Park is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Park
    • Peachwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Peachwood is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachwood
    • Quailstone
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Quailstone is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailstone
    • Rolling Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Rolling Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
    • Royal Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Royal Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Meadows
    • Skyview
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Skyview is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyview
    • Spring Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Spring Valley is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Sunnybrook Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Sunnybrook Park is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook Park
    • Sunnygrove
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Sunnygrove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnygrove
    • Valley Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Valley Park is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
    • Willow Bay
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Willow Bay is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bay
    • Willow Green
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Willow Green is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Green
    • Willow Run Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Willow Run Park is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run Park

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

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

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,845 miles [2,969.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Park Heights to White House, with an average speed<3>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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 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 7,775 miles [12,512.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,754 miles [9,260.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Park Heights) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Park Heights 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 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 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 Park Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6611, Longitude: -111.9758       In this case, the coordinates for Park Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.981 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.544 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.824 degrees.