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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 Silver Creek Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Silver Creek Junction and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Silver Creek Junction
  • 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 Silver Creek Junction:
    • 40.731515, -111.497655
    • 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 Silver Creek Junction
  • 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 Summit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
    • Since Silver Creek Junction is near Salt Lake County and also Wasatch County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wasatch 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 Silver Creek Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near Silver Creek Junction ...

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.

  • Burnt Flat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Burnt Flat is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Flat
  • Forest Glen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Glen is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
  • Forest Home
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Forest Home is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
  • Garden City ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hailstone ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hideout
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hideout is located in Wasatch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
  • Jeremy Ranch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jeremy Ranch is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremy Ranch
  • Lady of the Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lady of the Lake is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lady of the Lake
  • Park City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pine Lodge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Lodge is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lodge
  • Pine Tree
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Tree is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree
  • Rockport ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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How Far From Silver Creek Junction to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Silver Creek Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Silver Creek Junction and extending to:

  • Coalville, which is the Seat of Summit County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Silver Creek Junction to Coalville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 21 miles [33.8 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,820 miles [2,929 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 71 days and walking would take 104 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,990 miles [11,249.3 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 7,759 miles [12,486.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,735 miles [9,229.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Silver Creek Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Silver Creek Junction 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 Silver Creek Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7315, Longitude: -111.4977    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.612 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.115 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.541 degrees.