Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Silver Lake Summer Resort, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Silver Lake Summer Resort and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Silver Lake Summer Resort
- 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 Lake Summer Resort:
- 40.604118, -111.581310
- 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 Silver Lake Summer Resort
- 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 Salt Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
- Since Silver Lake Summer Resort is near Utah County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Utah County
- eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Silver Lake Summer Resort ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Flat
- Burnt Flat is located in Salt Lake County
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Forest City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Forest City is located in Utah County
- Forest Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Forest Glen is located in Salt Lake County
- Garden City ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Garden City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Garden City is located in Salt Lake County
- Lady of the Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lady of the Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lady of the Lake
- Lady of the Lake is located in Salt Lake County
- Park City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Park City is located in Summit County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,578 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Park City <3>
- Pine Lodge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lodge
- Pine Lodge is located in Salt Lake County
- Pine Tree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Silver Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Fork
- Silver Fork is located in Salt Lake County
- Solitude
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Solitude is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solitude <3>
How Far From Silver Lake Summer Resort 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 Silver Lake Summer Resort 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<4> community of Silver Lake Summer Resort once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Silver Lake Summer Resort and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<5> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Silver Lake Summer Resort to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,825 miles [2,937.1 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 104 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,000 miles [11,265.4 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 7,768 miles [12,501.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,745 miles [9,245.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Salt Lake County: www.slco.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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Silver Lake Summer Resort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Silver Lake Summer Resort) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Silver Lake Summer Resort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6041, Longitude: -111.5813 In this case, the coordinates for Silver Lake Summer Resort have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Silver Lake Summer Resort 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 331.666 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.167 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.599 degrees. |