Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Saline, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saline and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Saline
- 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 Saline:
- 41.214101, -112.472735
- 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 Saline
- 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 Saline 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
Communities Also Named Saline ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Saline.
Within Utah, the name Saline is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Bradley County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Saline [Bradley County].
- Cleveland County
- This Saline is located in Cleveland County and lies 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Saline that is located in Box Elder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Saline.
- Dallas County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Saline [Dallas County].
- Howard County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Saline [Howard County].
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Ellis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Saline [Ellis County].
- Saline County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Saline [Saline County].
- Trego County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Saline [Trego County].
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Texas
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saline ...
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.
- Christensen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christensen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christensen
- Christensen is located in Davis County
- Cottonwood Meadows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Meadows
- Cottonwood Meadows is located in Weber County
- Foxglen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Hatch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - He Flys
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Henry Oleson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henry Oleson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Oleson
- Henry Oleson is located in Davis County
- John Fuit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Kanesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanesville
- Kanesville is located in Weber County
- Kingsville Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsville Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville Junction
- Kingsville Junction is located in Weber County
- Little Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
- Little Mountain is located in Weber County
- Pioneer Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Pioneer Village is located in Weber County
- Plain City
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Promontory Point ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Promontory Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promontory Point
- Promontory Point is located in Box Elder County
- Rosehill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Sun
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Willow Wood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood
- Willow Wood is located in Weber County
- Promontory Point ‑ Historic
How Far From Saline to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Saline to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saline and extending to:
- Brigham City, which is the Seat of Box Elder County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Saline to Brigham City, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 43 miles [69.2 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 1,866 miles [3,003 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,985 miles [11,241.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,753 miles [12,477.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,740 miles [9,237.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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> | 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 Saline, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Saline) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saline. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2141, Longitude: -112.4727 In this case, the coordinates for Saline have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Saline 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Saline to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.425 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.115 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.075 degrees. |