Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Shanty Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shanty Town and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Shanty Town
- 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 Shanty Town:
- 39.167134, -110.752462
- 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 Shanty Town
- 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 Emery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Emery County
- Since Shanty Town is near Carbon County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Carbon 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 Shanty Town ...
We found four communities that share the name Shanty Town.
Within Utah, the name Shanty Town is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Dade 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 Georgia community of Shanty Town [Dade County].
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Shanty Town [Allegany County].
- Minnesota
- Olmsted County
- This Shanty Town is located in Olmsted County and lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Shanty Town that is located in Emery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Olmsted County community of Shanty Town.
- Nevada
- Elko County
- This Shanty Town is located in Elko County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Shanty Town that is located in Emery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Shanty Town.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shanty Town ...
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 ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Desert
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Desert Lake ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Desert Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Lake
- Desert Lake is located in Emery County
- Elmo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Elmo is located in Emery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmo <6>
- Grassy ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Hiawatha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
- Hiawatha is located in Carbon County
- Orangeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Orangeville is located in Emery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,338 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orangeville <6>
- Sunnyside Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Junction
- Sunnyside Junction is located in Carbon County
- Woodside ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Woodside is located in Emery County
How Far From Shanty Town 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 Shanty Town 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 community of Shanty Town once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Shanty Town and extending to:
- Castle Dale, which is the Seat of Emery County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shanty Town to Castle Dale, with an average speed<7> 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 125 miles [201.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,797 miles [2,892 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,066 miles [11,371.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,833 miles [12,606 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,795 miles [9,326.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Emery County: www.co.emery.ut.us/
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 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 Shanty Town 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> | 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 Shanty Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Shanty Town) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shanty Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1671, Longitude: -110.7525 |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Shanty Town to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.872 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.101 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.225 degrees. |