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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 Spring City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Spring City:
    • 39.482451, -111.496040
    • 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 Spring City
  • 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 Spring City is near Emery County and also Juab County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Emery County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Juab 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 Spring City

Communities Also Named Spring City ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Spring City.

Within Utah, the name Spring City is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee 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 Kansas community of Spring City [Cherokee County].
      • Norton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spring City [Norton County].
      • Sumner County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spring City [Sumner County].
    • Michigan
      • Grand Traverse 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 Michigan community of Spring City [Grand Traverse County].
    • Missouri
      • Newton County
      • This Spring City is located in Newton County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<2> to the east of the Spring City that is located in Sanpete County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Spring City.
      • Oregon County
      • Although located in Oregon County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oregon County community of Spring City.
      • Saint Clair 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 Missouri community of Spring City [Saint Clair County].
    • Nevada
      • Humboldt County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Spring City [Humboldt County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Spring City is located in Chester County and lies 1,893 miles [3,046.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Spring City that is located in Sanpete County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Spring City.
    • Tennessee
      • Rhea County
      • This Spring City is located in Rhea County and lies 1,475 miles [2,373.8 km]<2> to the east of the Spring City that is located in Sanpete County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rhea County community of Spring City.
    • Virginia
      • Russell County
      • This Spring City is located in Russell County and lies 1,597 miles [2,570.1 km]<2> to the east of the Spring City that is located in Sanpete County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Spring City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring City ...

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.

How Far From Spring City 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 city such as Spring City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spring City and extending to:

  • Manti, which is the Seat of Sanpete County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Spring City to Manti, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 1,833 miles [2,949.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,066 miles [11,371.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,834 miles [12,607.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,802 miles [9,337.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Spring City 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spring City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Spring City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Spring City 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 Spring City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4825, Longitude: -111.4960    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.487 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.857 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.628 degrees.