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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 Wanship, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wanship 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 Wanship:
- 40.811908, -111.407568
- 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 Wanship
- 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 Summit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
- Since Wanship is near Wasatch County and also Salt Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wasatch 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 Wanship
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wanship ...
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.
- Coalville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Echo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Echo Resort
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Echo Resort is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Resort
- Hideout
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hideout is located in Wasatch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,254 people
- Jeremy Ranch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jeremy Ranch is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremy Ranch
- Marion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Park City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Silver Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Summit Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summit Park is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
How Far From Wanship 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 Wanship to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wanship and extending to:
- Coalville, which is the Seat of Summit County, lies just to the North.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Wanship to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,815 miles [2,921 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 71 days and walking would take 104 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 5,728 miles [9,218.3 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 '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- Wanship) 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 Wanship 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 Wanship. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8119, Longitude: -111.4076 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.549 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.047 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.483 degrees. |
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