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Tidbits & Trivia
Introduction ...
Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Tad Park.
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Tad Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tad Park 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 Tad Park:
- 40.499944, -112.339115<1>
- 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 Tad Park
- 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 Tooele County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele County
- Since Tad Park is near Utah County and also Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake 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 Tad Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tad Park ...
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.
- Angels Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Angels Grove is also located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels Grove
- Clover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clover is also located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
- Former names for Clover:
- Johnson
- Johnson's Settlement
- Shambip
- Clover Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clover Station is also located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Station
- Copperfield ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Copperfield was located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Grantsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jacob City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jacob City was located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacob City
- Lark ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lark was located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is also located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Former names for Lincoln:
- Lake View
- Pine Canyon
- Marshall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Marshall is also located in Tooele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Rush Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Tad Park 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 included the distance from a community such as Tad Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Tad Park and extending to:
- Tooele, which is the Seat of Tooele County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Tad Park to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,866 miles [3,003 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take three full days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 106 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,794 miles [12,543.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,775 miles [9,294 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | GPS Coordinates for Tad Park:
Decimal: 40.49994, -112.339115
DDMMSS: 40° 29' 59", -112° 20' 20" |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Tad Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Tad Park 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 Tad Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4999, Longitude: -112.3391 In this case, the coordinates for Tad Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.252 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.85 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.047 degrees. |
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