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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 Velasquez, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Velasquez 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 Velasquez:
    • 40.693002, -111.897714
    • 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 Velasquez
  • 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 Velasquez is near Davis County and also Summit 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 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 Velasquez

Curious and Interesting Names Near Velasquez ...

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.

  • Barbers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Barbers is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbers
  • Bowling Green
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bowling Green is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
  • Cannon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cannon is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
  • Clover Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Clover Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hollow
  • Cottonwood Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cottonwood Creek is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Creek
  • Eddie Kay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Eddie Kay is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddie Kay
  • Erin Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Erin Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Meadows
  • Ethel Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ethel Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel Gardens
  • Farm Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Farm Hill is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Hill
  • Forest Dale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Dale is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Green Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Valley is located in Salt Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Hector Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Hector Park is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector Park
    • Indian Wells
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Wells is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Wells
    • Juniper
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Juniper is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
    • Kings Row
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Kings Row is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Row
    • Landings at Riverbend
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Landings at Riverbend is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landings at Riverbend
    • Laura Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Laura Park is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laura Park
    • Lincoln Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Lincoln Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
    • Log Haven
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Log Haven is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Haven
    • Majestic Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Majestic Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Village
    • Meadow Green
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Meadow Green is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Green
    • Millrace
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Millrace is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrace
    • Misty Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Misty Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Meadows
    • Murray
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Murray is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,355 people
      • Murray has also been known as:
      • Murray City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <1>
    • Normandy
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Normandy is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
    • Park Central
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Park Central is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Central
    • Paul
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Paul is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
    • Riverbend
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Riverbend is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
    • Roper
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Roper is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
    • Rose Garden
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rose Garden is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Garden
    • Rural
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Rural is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
    • Sage Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sage Hill is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Hill
    • Sharp
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sharp is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
    • Startup
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Startup is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startup
    • Stone Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Stone Creek is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Creek
    • Sugar House ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
    • Sunstone
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sunstone is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunstone
    • Syndicate Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Syndicate Place is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syndicate Place
    • Valley Center
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Valley Center is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Center
    • Victory Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Victory Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
    • Village Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Village Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Gardens
    • Vista Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Vista Village is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Village
    • Xanadu
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Xanadu is located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xanadu

How Far From Velasquez 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 include the distance from a community such as Velasquez to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the North.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the north (N).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,841 miles [2,962.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Velasquez to White House, with an average speed<3>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 72 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 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 7,771 miles [12,506.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Velasquez) 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 Velasquez 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 Velasquez. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6930, Longitude: -111.8977       In this case, the coordinates for Velasquez have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.923 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.478 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.777 degrees.