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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 Watkins Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Watkins Addition 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 Watkins Addition:
- 40.739391, -111.875213
- 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 Watkins Addition
- 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 Watkins Addition 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 Watkins Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near Watkins Addition ...
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.
- Cannon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cannon is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Capitol
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Capitol is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol
- City Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- City Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Park
- Edwards
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Edwards is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Federal-Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Federal-Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal-Heights
- Forest Dale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Forest Dale is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
- Fountain Place
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fountain Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Place
- Foxs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Foxs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxs
- Franklin
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Fraternity Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fraternity Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraternity Park
- Glenn
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Glenn is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Grand View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grand View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Granite
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Holland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Holland is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Jordan Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- 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 west)
- Lincoln Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Martins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Martins is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
- Mead Circle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mead Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Circle
- Poplar Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Place
- Pratts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pratts is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Roper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roper is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Rural
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rural is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Salt Lake City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sharp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sharp is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Silver Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Silver Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Park
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Syndicate Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Syndicate Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syndicate Place
- Temple View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Temple View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple View
- Thorn
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Thorn is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn
- University Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- University Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Victory Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Victory Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
- Virginia Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Virginia Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Heights
- Wahoo
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wahoo is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Zions Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zions Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zions Park
How Far From Watkins Addition 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 Watkins Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Watkins Addition and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the northwest (NW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,839 miles [2,959.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Watkins Addition 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 6,999 miles [11,263.8 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 7,768 miles [12,501.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,747 miles [9,248.9 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- Watkins Addition) 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 Watkins Addition 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 Watkins Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7394, Longitude: -111.8752 In this case, the coordinates for Watkins Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.91 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.466 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.76 degrees. |
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