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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 Thompson Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thompson Acres 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 Thompson Acres:
    • 40.684113, -112.017995
    • 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 Thompson Acres
  • 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 Thompson Acres is near Tooele County and also Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davis 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 Thompson Acres

Communities Also Named Thompson Acres ...

We found one communities that are also named Thompson Acres.

Within Utah, the name Thompson Acres is unique.

Beyond Utah, there is another community also named Thompson Acres in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Putnam County
      • This Thompson Acres is located in Putnam County and lies 1,596 miles [2,568.5 km]<1> to the east of the Thompson Acres that is located in Salt Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Thompson Acres.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Thompson Acres ...

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.

  • Cherrywood Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cherrywood Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood Village
  • Copper Hills Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Copper Hills Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hills Heights
  • Creekview
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Creekview is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekview
  • Crisp
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Crisp is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
  • Crown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Crown is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
  • Delta Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Delta Park is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Park
  • Dial Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Dial Heights is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dial Heights
  • Fox Shadow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Fox Shadow is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Shadow
  • Harmony Lane
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Harmony Lane is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Lane
  • Hector Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hector Village is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Village
  • Highland Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Highland Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
  • Hunter
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hunter is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Hunter Farmes
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Hunter Farmes is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Farmes
    • Hunter Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Hunter Heights is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Heights
    • Hunter Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Hunter Hills is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hills
    • Hunter Stake
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Hunter Stake is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Stake
    • Jensen Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Jensen Circle is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen Circle
    • Jonesdale
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Jonesdale is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
    • King Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • King Valley is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Valley
    • Mallard
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Mallard is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard
    • Martin Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Martin Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Village
    • Meadowgate
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Meadowgate is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowgate
    • Merry Lane
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Merry Lane is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Lane
    • Silver Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Silver Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Meadows
    • Springbrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Springbrook is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
    • Sundown
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sundown is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
    • Sunny Side
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Sunny Side is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
    • Sunset Downs
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sunset Downs is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Downs
    • Sunset Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Sunset Hills is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
    • Swallow
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Swallow is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallow
    • Teasel Downs
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Teasel Downs is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasel Downs
    • Willow Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Willow Cove is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Cove
    • Woodledge
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Woodledge is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodledge

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

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

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the northeast (NE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,847 miles [2,972.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Thompson Acres to White House, with an average speed<2>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 73 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,775 miles [12,512.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,754 miles [9,260.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Thompson Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Thompson Acres 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 Thompson Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6841, Longitude: -112.0180       In this case, the coordinates for Thompson Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.017 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.588 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.847 degrees.