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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 Glen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Glen 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 Glen:
    • 39.660763, -110.851777
    • 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 Glen
  • 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
    • Since Spring Glen is near Utah County and also Emery 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 Emery 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 Glen

Communities Also Named Spring Glen ...

We found six communities that are also named Spring Glen.

There is one other community in Utah that is also named Spring Glen.

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

  • Communities Located In Utah ...
    • Salt Lake County
      • This Spring Glen is located in Salt Lake County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Spring Glen that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Spring Glen.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Spring Glen is located in New Haven County and lies 1,979 miles [3,184.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Spring Glen that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Spring Glen.
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Spring Glen is located in Duval County and lies 1,766 miles [2,842.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Spring Glen that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Spring Glen.
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This Spring Glen is located in Ulster County and lies 1,898 miles [3,054.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Spring Glen that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Spring Glen.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Spring Glen is located in Schuylkill County and lies 1,796 miles [2,890.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Spring Glen that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Spring Glen.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Spring Glen is located in King County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the northwest of the Spring Glen that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Spring Glen.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Glen ...

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 Glen 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 community such as Spring Glen to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Price, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Spring Glen to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,797 miles [2,892 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 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 7,806 miles [12,562.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,771 miles [9,287.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Spring Glen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Spring Glen 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 Glen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6608, Longitude: -110.8518    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.001 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.299 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.248 degrees.