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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 Snow Canyon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snow Canyon and the surrounding area.
- 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 Snow Canyon:
- 41.077166, -111.907718
- 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 Snow Canyon
- 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 Davis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davis County
- Since Snow Canyon is near Weber County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weber County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Snow Canyon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Snow Canyon ...
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.
- Chapel Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Cottonwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Creekside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Creekside is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Diamond Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Diamond Oaks is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Oaks
- Dreams End
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dreams End is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreams End
- Grand Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grand Oaks is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Oaks
- Haven Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haven Park is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Park
- Heather Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Heather Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Hills
- Heatherglen
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Heatherglen is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherglen
- Hidden Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hidden Hollow is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hollow
- Hob Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hob Hill is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hob Hill
- Indian Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Oaks is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Oaks
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Indians Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indians Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indians Hills
- Jones
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jones is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Mountain View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Oak Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oak Hollow is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
- Peach Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Peach Tree is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Tree
- Quail Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Quail Creek is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Creek
- Quail Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Quail Hollow is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Quail Point is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Point
- Quail Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Quail Ridge is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Rachels Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rachels Place is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rachels Place
- Rolling Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rolling Oaks is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Oaks
- Rosewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rosewood is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Snow Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Snow Creek is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Creek
- Summer Haze
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Summer Haze is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Haze
- Tanglewood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tanglewood is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tiffany Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tiffany Park is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany Park
- Tri Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tri Oaks is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri Oaks
- Valley Hi
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hi is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- View Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- View Heights is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Heights
- Wooded Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wooded Hills is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Hills
How Far From Snow Canyon 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 Snow Canyon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Snow Canyon and extending to:
- Farmington, which is the Seat of Davis County, lies just to the South.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Snow Canyon to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<2> 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 most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,838 miles [2,958 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,979 miles [11,231.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,748 miles [12,469.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,729 miles [9,219.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Snow Canyon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Snow Canyon 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 Snow Canyon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0772, Longitude: -111.9077 In this case, the coordinates for Snow Canyon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.967 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.563 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.754 degrees. |
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