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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 Sunnyside Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunnyside Junction 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 Sunnyside Junction:
- 39.525521, -110.572932
- 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 Sunnyside Junction
- 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 Sunnyside Junction is near Emery County and also Utah 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 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 Sunnyside Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunnyside Junction ...
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.
- Carbonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carbonville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonville
- Cedar ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Desert Lake ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Desert Lake is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Lake
- Elmo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grassy ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Horse Canyon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Horse Canyon is located in Emery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Canyon
- Price
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Glen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Glen is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Glen
- Sunnyside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
How Far From Sunnyside Junction 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 Sunnyside Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sunnyside Junction and extending to:
- Price, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sunnyside Junction to Price, 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 110 miles [177 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 1,784 miles [2,871.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,040 miles [11,329.8 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 7,807 miles [12,564.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,769 miles [9,284.3 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Sunnyside Junction) 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 Sunnyside Junction 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 Sunnyside Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5255, Longitude: -110.5729 In this case, the coordinates for Sunnyside Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.77 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.013 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.098 degrees. |
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