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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 South Jordan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Jordan 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 South Jordan:
- 40.56233, -111.938682
- 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 South Jordan
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Salt Lake County
- Since South Jordan is near Utah County and also Tooele County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Utah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele 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 South Jordan
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Jordan ...
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.
- Angel Street
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Angel Street is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel Street
- Blue Star Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Star Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Star Meadows
- Clover Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clover Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hills
- Clover Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clover Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Ridge
- Crescent
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Crescent is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Crescent Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crescent Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Ridge
- Crystal Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hills
- David Street
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- David Street is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David Street
- Dry Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dry Creek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Edenbrooke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edenbrooke is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenbrooke
- Farm Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Farm Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Meadows
- Featherwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Featherwood Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherwood Village
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Freeman Butterfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Freeman Butterfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Butterfield
- Green Willows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Green Willows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Willows
- Greenfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield Farms is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Farms
- Greenfield Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenfield Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Meadows
- Greenwood Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Park
- Heritage Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Heritage Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
- Heritage Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Heritage Villa is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Villa
- Lane Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lane Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
- Majestic Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Majestic Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Cove
- Majestic Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Majestic Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Heights
- Marblewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marblewood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblewood
- Meadow Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Meadow Lane is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
- Meadowridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meadowridge is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowridge
- Medallion Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Medallion Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medallion Cove
- Mingo Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mingo Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Park
- Park Avenue
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Park Avenue is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Avenue
- Purple Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Purple Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Hills
- Sandy City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy City is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy City
- Sandy Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Heights
- Silver Sage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Silver Sage is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Sage
- Spring Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hollow
- Twin Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Union Square
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Square is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Square
How Far From South Jordan 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 city such as South Jordan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in South Jordan and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from South Jordan to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<2> 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 13 miles [20.9 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,844 miles [2,967.6 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 7,012 miles [11,284.7 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 7,780 miles [12,520.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Jordan) 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 South Jordan 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 South Jordan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5623, Longitude: -111.9387 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.943 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.49 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.81 degrees. |
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