Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Promontory Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Promontory Point and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Promontory Point
- 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 Promontory Point:
- 41.220414, -112.416453
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Promontory Point
- 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 Box Elder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Box Elder County
- Since Promontory Point is near Weber County and also Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Weber County
- eBird sighting report for Davis 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Promontory Point ...
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.
- Cedar Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- Cedar Ridge is located in Weber County
- Chestnut Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Park
- Chestnut Park is located in Davis County
- Christensen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christensen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christensen
- Christensen is located in Davis County
- Clint Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clint Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint Village
- Clint Village is located in Davis County
- Cottonwood Meadows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Meadows
- Cottonwood Meadows is located in Weber County
- Foxglen
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Goodfellow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodfellow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfellow
- Goodfellow is located in Weber County
- Hatch
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - He Flys
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Henry Oleson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henry Oleson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Oleson
- Henry Oleson is located in Davis County
- John Fuit
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Jones
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Continue List (18 more) ...
- Kanesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanesville
- Kanesville is located in Weber County
- Kingsville Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsville Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville Junction
- Kingsville Junction is located in Weber County
- Lakeview Gardens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Gardens
- Lakeview Gardens is located in Davis County
- Laurel Lea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Lea have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lea
- Laurel Lea is located in Weber County
- Lee Mesa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Little Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
- Little Mountain is located in Weber County
- Marvins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Meadowlane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlane
- Meadowlane is located in Weber County
- Pioneer Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Pioneer Village is located in Weber County
- Plain City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
- Plain City is located in Weber County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,862 people
- Rosehill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Saline
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Sandalwood Square
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandalwood Square have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood Square
- Sandalwood Square is located in Davis County
- Shamrock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Sun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Sun Ray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Tanner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Willow Wood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood
- Willow Wood is located in Weber County
- Kanesville
How Far From Promontory Point 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 Promontory Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Promontory Point once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Promontory Point and extending to:
- Brigham City, which is the Seat of Box Elder County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Promontory Point to Brigham City, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 41 miles [66 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,863 miles [2,998.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,983 miles [11,238 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 7,752 miles [12,475.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,738 miles [9,234.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Box Elder County: www.boxeldercounty.org/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Promontory Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Promontory Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Promontory Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2204, Longitude: -112.4165 |
| <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 Promontory Point to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.381 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.063 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.041 degrees. |