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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 River Crest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to River Crest 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 River Crest:
    • 40.552726, -111.925491
    • 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 River Crest
  • 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

Communities Also Named River Crest ...

We found one communities that share the name River Crest.

Within Utah, the name River Crest is unique.

Beyond Utah, there is another community also named River Crest in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of River Crest [Clackamas County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near River Crest ...

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 Star Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Star Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Star Meadows
    • Blue Star Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
  • Clover Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Ridge
    • Clover Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
  • Crescent
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
    • Crescent is located in Salt Lake County
  • Crescent Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Ridge
    • Crescent Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
  • David Street
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for David Street have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David Street
    • David Street is located in Salt Lake County
  • Dry Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dry Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
    • Dry Creek is located in Salt Lake County
  • Edenbrooke
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edenbrooke have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenbrooke
    • Edenbrooke is located in Salt Lake County
  • Farm Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farm Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Meadows
    • Farm Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
  • Featherwood Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Featherwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherwood Village
    • Featherwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
  • Freeman Butterfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman Butterfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Butterfield
    • Freeman Butterfield is located in Salt Lake County
  • Greenfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Greenfield is located in Salt Lake County
  • Greenfield Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Farms
    • Greenfield Farms is located in Salt Lake County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Greenfield Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Meadows
      • Greenfield Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
    • Heritage Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
      • Heritage Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Heritage Villa
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Villa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Villa
      • Heritage Villa is located in Salt Lake County
    • Lane Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lane Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
      • Lane Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Majestic Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Majestic Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Cove
      • Majestic Cove is located in Salt Lake County
    • Majestic Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Majestic Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Heights
      • Majestic Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Meadow Lane
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
      • Meadow Lane is located in Salt Lake County
    • Meadowridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowridge
      • Meadowridge is located in Salt Lake County
    • Park Avenue
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Avenue have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Avenue
      • Park Avenue is located in Salt Lake County
    • Spring Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hollow
      • Spring Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
    • Twin Lakes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
      • Twin Lakes is located in Salt Lake County

How Far From River Crest 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 River Crest to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in River Crest and extending to:

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from River Crest to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,844 miles [2,967.6 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 7,012 miles [11,284.7 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 7,780 miles [12,520.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for River Crest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Salt Lake County: www.slco.org/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 River Crest 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.
<2>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- River Crest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in River Crest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5527, Longitude: -111.9255       In this case, the coordinates for River Crest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 River Crest 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 331.932 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.476 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.803 degrees.




 

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