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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 The Sultan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Sultan 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 The Sultan:
    • 40.641059, -111.896880
    • 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 The Sultan
  • 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 The Sultan is near Davis County and also Utah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davis County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Utah 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 The Sultan

Communities Also Named The Sultan ...

We found three communities that are also named The Sultan.

Within Utah, the name The Sultan is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Minnesota
      • Kittson County
      • This The Sultan is located in Kittson County and lies 920 miles [1,480.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the The Sultan that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittson County community of The Sultan.
    • Ontario
      • This The Sultan lies 1,511 miles [2,431.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the The Sultan that is located in Salt Lake County.
    • Washington
      • Snohomish County
      • This The Sultan is located in Snohomish County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Sultan that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Snohomish County community of The Sultan.

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Sultan ...

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.

  • Bee and Gee
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bee and Gee is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee and Gee
  • Bridlewalk
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bridlewalk is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridlewalk
  • Clover Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Clover Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hollow
  • Coral Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Coral Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Heights
  • Dairy Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dairy Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairy Meadows
  • Emerald Isle
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Emerald Isle is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Isle
  • Enchanted Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Enchanted Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Village
  • Fisher Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fisher Place is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Place
  • Grant
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Grant is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
  • Hidden Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hidden Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
  • Holly Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Holly Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Heights
  • Indian Wells
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Indian Wells is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Wells
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Landings at Riverbend
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Landings at Riverbend is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landings at Riverbend
    • Liberty ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Liberty is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Majestic Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Majestic Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Village
    • Misty Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Misty Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Meadows
    • Murray
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Murray is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,355 people
      • Murray has also been known as:
      • Murray City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <2>
    • Normandy
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Normandy is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
    • Ridge Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Ridge Creek is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Creek
    • Riverbend
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Riverbend is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
    • Stevenson Island
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Stevenson Island is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Island
    • Sunrise
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Sunrise is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
    • Twin Peaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Twin Peaks is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Peaks
    • Twin Willows
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Twin Willows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Willows
    • Union
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Union is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Valley Center
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Valley Center is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Center
    • Walnut Brook
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Walnut Brook is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Brook
    • Warranty
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Warranty is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warranty
    • Xanadu
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Xanadu is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xanadu

How Far From The Sultan 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 community such as The Sultan to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the North.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the north (N).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,841 miles [2,962.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from The Sultan to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 105 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 72 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 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 7,774 miles [12,511 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,753 miles [9,258.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- The Sultan) 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 The Sultan 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 The Sultan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6411, Longitude: -111.8969       In this case, the coordinates for The Sultan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.917 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.467 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.78 degrees.