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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 Tanner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tanner 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 Tanner:
    • 41.175222, -112.037165
    • 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 Tanner
  • 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 Weber County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weber County
    • Since Tanner is near Davis County and also Morgan 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 Morgan 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 Tanner

Communities Also Named Tanner ...

We found ten communities that are also named Tanner.

Within Utah, the name Tanner is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Limestone County
      • This Tanner is located in Limestone County and lies 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km]<1> to the east of the Tanner that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Tanner.
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This Tanner is located in Hall County and lies 1,600 miles [2,575 km]<1> to the east of the Tanner that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Tanner.
      • Washington County
      • This Tanner is located in Washington County and lies 1,700 miles [2,735.9 km] to the east of the Tanner that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Tanner.
    • Indiana
      • Greene County
      • This Tanner is located in Greene County and lies 1,336 miles [2,150.1 km]<1> to the east of the Tanner that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Tanner.
    • Kentucky
      • Larue County
      • This Tanner is located in Larue County and lies 1,418 miles [2,282 km]<1> to the east of the Tanner that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Larue County community of Tanner.
    • Michigan
      • Manistee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Tanner [Manistee County].
    • Missouri
      • Scott County
      • This Tanner is located in Scott County and lies 1,230 miles [1,979.5 km]<1> to the east of the Tanner that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Tanner.
    • New Mexico
      • McKinley County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in McKinley County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Tanner.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Tanner is located in King County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tanner that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Tanner.
    • West Virginia
      • Gilmer County
      • This Tanner is located in Gilmer County and lies 1,640 miles [2,639.3 km]<1> to the east of the Tanner that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Tanner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tanner ...

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.

  • Allred
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Allred is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allred
  • Apple Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Apple Park is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Park
  • Cedar Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cedar Ridge is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
  • Clint Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Clint Village is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint Village
  • Cozydale
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cozydale is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozydale
  • Diamond Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Diamond Hills is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hills
  • English Manor
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • English Manor is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
  • Foxglen
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Foxglen is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxglen
  • Goodfellow
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Goodfellow is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfellow
  • Harmony Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Harmony Park is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Park
  • Heritage Square
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Heritage Square is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Square
  • Jones
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jones is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Laurel Lea
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Laurel Lea is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lea
    • Lee Mesa
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Lee Mesa is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Mesa
    • Meadowlane
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Meadowlane is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlane
    • Park Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Park Lake is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
    • Pleasant View
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Pleasant View is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Purser
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Purser is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purser
    • Quail Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Quail Point is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Point
    • Shamrock
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Shamrock is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • Sunray
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sunray is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunray
    • Sunset Dale
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sunset Dale is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Dale
    • Valley Side
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Valley Side is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Side

How Far From Tanner 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 Tanner to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Ogden, which is the Seat of Weber County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Tanner 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 1,844 miles [2,967.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 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 7,745 miles [12,464.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,728 miles [9,218.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tanner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Tanner 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.
<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 Tanner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Tanner 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 Tanner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1752, Longitude: -112.0372       In this case, the coordinates for Tanner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.078 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.702 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.822 degrees.