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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 Vantage Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vantage Park 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 Vantage Park:
    • 41.038833, -111.951886
    • 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 Vantage 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 Davis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davis County
    • Since Vantage Park is near Weber County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weber County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Vantage Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vantage 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.

  • Cherry View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cherry View is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry View
  • Cherrywood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cherrywood is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • Cook
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cook is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
  • Creekside
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Creekside is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
  • David Smith
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • David Smith is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David Smith
  • Diamond Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Diamond Hills is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hills
  • Four Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Four Corners is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Fruit Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Gill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gill is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
  • Grand Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Grand Oaks is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Oaks
  • Green Lawns
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Lawns is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lawns
  • Green View
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Green View is located in Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green View
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Haven Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Haven Park is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Park
    • Hob Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Hob Hill is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hob Hill
    • Homeplace
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Homeplace is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeplace
    • Indian Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Indian Oaks is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Oaks
    • Jamestown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jamestown is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Jones
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jones is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
    • Misty Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Misty Meadows is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Meadows
    • Mountain View
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Mountain View is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Park Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Park Heights is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Heights
    • Peach Tree
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Peach Tree is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Tree
    • Quail Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Rolling Greens
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Rolling Greens is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Greens
    • Rosewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Rosewood is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
    • Snow Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Snow Creek is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Creek
    • Spring Hollow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Spring Hollow is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hollow
    • Summer Haze
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Summer Haze is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Haze
    • Tanglewood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Tanglewood is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Tiffany Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Tiffany Park is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany Park
    • Victory Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Victory Park is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Park
    • View Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • View Heights is located in Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Heights

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vantage Park and extending to:

  • Farmington, which is the Seat of Davis County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Vantage Park to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,841 miles [2,962.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,983 miles [11,238 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 7,751 miles [12,474 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,733 miles [9,226.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vantage Park) 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 Vantage 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 Vantage Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0388, Longitude: -111.9519       In this case, the coordinates for Vantage Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.998 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.596 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.783 degrees.