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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 Snowville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snowville 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 Snowville:
- 41.968202, -112.711837
- 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 Snowville
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Box Elder County
- Since Snowville is near Oneida County and also Cassia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cassia 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 Snowville
Communities Also Named Snowville ...
We found six communities that are also named Snowville.
Within Utah, the name Snowville is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Barren 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 Kentucky community of Snowville [Barren County].
- Michigan
- Marquette County
- This Snowville is located in Marquette County and lies 1,264 miles [2,034.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Snowville that is located in Box Elder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Snowville.
- New Hampshire
- Carroll County
- This Snowville is located in Carroll County and lies 2,087 miles [3,358.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Snowville that is located in Box Elder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Snowville.
- Ohio
- Meigs County
- This Snowville is located in Meigs County and lies 1,609 miles [2,589.4 km]<2> to the east of the Snowville that is located in Box Elder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Snowville.
- Ontario
- This Snowville lies 1,539 miles [2,476.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Snowville that is located in Box Elder County.
- Virginia
- Pulaski County
- This Snowville is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,735 miles [2,792.2 km]<2> to the east of the Snowville that is located in Box Elder County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Snowville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Snowville ...
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.
- Black Pine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Black Pine is located in Oneida County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Pine
- Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cedarhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cedarhill is located in Oneida County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarhill
- Hardup
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ireland Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ireland Springs is located in Oneida County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland Springs
- Juniper
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Juniper is located in Oneida County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Nelson ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nelson is located in Oneida County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Pleasantview
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgedale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ridgedale is located in Oneida County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
- Stone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
How Far From Snowville 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 town such as Snowville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Snowville and extending to:
- Brigham City, which is the Seat of Box Elder County, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Snowville to Brigham City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,873 miles [3,014.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 107 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,944 miles [11,175.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,713 miles [12,412.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,707 miles [9,184.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Snowville 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Snowville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Snowville 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 Snowville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9682, Longitude: -112.7118 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.681 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.479 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.158 degrees. |
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