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Tidbits & Trivia
Introduction ...
Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Webb and Palmers Addition.
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Webb and Palmers Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Webb and Palmers Addition and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Webb and Palmers Addition
- 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 Webb and Palmers Addition:
- 40.741057, -111.884102<1>
- 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 Webb and Palmers 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 Webb and Palmers 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 Webb and Palmers Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near Webb and Palmers 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.
- Blaine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blaine is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Bullock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bullock is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Cannon
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cannon is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Capitol
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Capitol is also 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 also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Park
- Edwards
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Edwards is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Forest Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Dale is also 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 also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Place
- Foxs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Foxs is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxs
- Franklin
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Franklin is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Glenn
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Glenn is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Golden Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Park is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
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- Grand View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grand View is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Granite
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Granite is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Great Westside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Great Westside is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Westside
- High Avenue
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- High Avenue is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Avenue
- Holland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Holland is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Hunters
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
- Jones
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jones is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Jordan Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan Place is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lincoln Village is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Martins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Martins is also 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 also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Circle
- Panorama
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Panorama is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama
- Poplar Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Place is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Place
- Pratts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pratts is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Roper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roper is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Rural
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rural is also 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 southwest)
- Sharp is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Silver Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Silver Park is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Park
- Snow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snow is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar House was 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 also 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 also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple View
- Thorn
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Thorn is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn
- University
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- University is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- University Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- University Village is also 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 also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Village
- Wahoo
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wahoo is also located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
How Far From Webb and Palmers Addition 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 included the distance from a community such as Webb and Palmers Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Webb and Palmers Addition and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Webb and Palmers Addition to White House, with an average speed<4>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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,747 miles [9,248.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | GPS Coordinates for Webb and Palmers Addition:
Decimal: 40.74105, -111.884102
DDMMSS: 40° 44' 27", -111° 53' 2" |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Webb and Palmers Addition) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Webb and Palmers 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 Webb and Palmers Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7411, Longitude: -111.8841 In this case, the coordinates for Webb and Palmers Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.917 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.475 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.765 degrees. |
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