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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 Spearmint, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spearmint 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 Spearmint:
- 39.111628, -111.803813
- 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 Spearmint
- 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 Sanpete County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sanpete County
- Since Spearmint is near Sevier County and also Millard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sevier County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Millard 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 Spearmint
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spearmint ...
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.
- Aurora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Christianburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Christianburg is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christianburg
- Dover ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Sanpete County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Greenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Millard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Maple Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Millard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Pigeon Hollow Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prattsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsville is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsville
- Red Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Point is located in Juab County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Point
How Far From Spearmint 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 Spearmint to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spearmint and extending to:
- Manti, which is the Seat of Sanpete County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Spearmint to Manti, 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 113 miles [181.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,854 miles [2,983.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,097 miles [11,421.5 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 7,864 miles [12,655.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,833 miles [9,387.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spearmint) 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 Spearmint 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 Spearmint. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1116, Longitude: -111.8038 In this case, the coordinates for Spearmint have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.689 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.065 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.827 degrees. |
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