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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 Wells, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wells 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 Wells:
- 40.691336, -111.815767
- 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 Wells
- 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 Wells 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 Wells
Communities Also Named Wells ...
We found 42 communities that are also named Wells.
Within Utah, the name Wells is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of 42 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 42 communities, 40 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Wells lies 1,658 miles [2,668.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- British Columbia
- This Wells lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Wells is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,879 miles [3,024 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Wells.
- Georgia
- Murray County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Wells [Murray County].
- Illinois
- Gallatin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Wells [Gallatin County].
- Indiana
- Miami County
- This Wells is located in Miami County and lies 1,340 miles [2,156.5 km]<1> to the east of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Wells.
- Iowa
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Wells [Madison County].
- Kansas
- Marshall County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wells [Marshall County].
- Ottawa County
- This Wells is located in Ottawa County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the east of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Wells.
- Kentucky
- Martin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wells [Martin County].
- Morgan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wells [Morgan County].
- Muhlenberg County
- This Wells is located in Muhlenberg County and lies 1,346 miles [2,166.2 km]<1> to the east of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muhlenberg County community of Wells.
- Maine
- York County
- This Wells is located in York County and lies 2,101 miles [3,381.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Wells.
- Michigan
- Allegan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wells [Allegan County].
- Antrim County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wells [Antrim County].
- Arenac County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wells [Arenac County].
- Delta County
- This Wells is located in Delta County and lies 1,287 miles [2,071.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Wells.
- Tuscola County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wells [Tuscola County].
- Minnesota
- Faribault County
- This Wells is located in Faribault County and lies 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faribault County community of Wells.
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Wells [Attala County].
- Lowndes County
- This Wells is located in Lowndes County and lies 1,373 miles [2,209.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Wells.
- Rankin County
- This Wells is located in Rankin County and lies 1,331 miles [2,142 km] to the east southeast of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Wells.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Wells [Saint Louis County].
- Nevada
- Elko County
- This Wells is located in Elko County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Wells.
- New Brunswick
- This Wells lies 2,306 miles [3,711.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- New Mexico
- San Miguel County
- Although located in San Miguel County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Miguel County community of Wells.
- New York
- Chemung County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Wells [Chemung County].
- Hamilton County
- This Wells is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,917 miles [3,085.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Wells.
- North Dakota
- Wells County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Wells [Wells County].
- Oregon
- Benton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Wells [Benton County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bradford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wells [Bradford County].
- Indiana County
- This Wells is located in Indiana County and lies 1,698 miles [2,732.7 km]<1> to the east of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Wells.
- South Carolina
- Orangeburg County
- This Wells is located in Orangeburg County and lies 1,788 miles [2,877.5 km]<1> to the east of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Wells.
- Tennessee
- Shelby County
- This Wells is located in Shelby County and lies 1,247 miles [2,006.9 km]<1> to the east of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Wells.
- Texas
- Cherokee County
- This Wells is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,132 miles [1,821.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Wells.
- Lynn County
- This Wells is located in Lynn County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km] to the southeast of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynn County community of Wells.
- Vermont
- Rutland County
- This Wells is located in Rutland County and lies 1,970 miles [3,170.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Wells.
- Virginia
- Augusta County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wells [Augusta County].
- Wise County
- This Wells is located in Wise County and lies 1,583 miles [2,547.6 km]<1> to the east of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Wells.
- Washington
- Lincoln County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Wells [Lincoln County].
- West Virginia
- Marshall County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wells [Marshall County].
- Wisconsin
- Calumet County
- This Wells is located in Calumet County and lies 1,230 miles [1,979.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wells that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calumet County community of Wells.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wells ...
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.
- Blue Spruce
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blue Spruce is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Spruce
- Bonnie Brae
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bonnie Brae is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
- Bonnie View
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bonnie View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie View
- Boulevard
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Boulevard is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulevard
- Cottonwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Cottonwood Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Hills
- Cottonwood Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Meadows
- Crown Colony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crown Colony is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Colony
- Eddie Kay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eddie Kay is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddie Kay
- Ethel Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ethel Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel Gardens
- Fawn Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fawn Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Gardens
- Flamingo Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Flamingo Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamingo Hills
- Continue List (36 more) ...
- Florence Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Florence Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Hollow
- Forest Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Dale is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
- Green Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Green Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Haven Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Haven Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Place
- Heather Circle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Heather Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Circle
- Jo Lynn
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jo Lynn is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jo Lynn
- Juniper
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Juniper is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Knight
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Knight is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight
- Lincoln Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lincoln Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Gardens
- Locust Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Mount Olympus
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mount Olympus is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus
- Mount Olympus Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olympus Cove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus Cove
- Mount Olympus Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mount Olympus Hills is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus Hills
- Mount Olympus Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mount Olympus Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olympus Park
- Nathan Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Nathan Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan Circle
- Orchard Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Orchard Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Gardens
- Park Central
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Park Central is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Central
- Paul
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Paul is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
- Peony Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Peony Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peony Gardens
- Pheasant Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pheasant Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Hollow
- Ridge Road
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ridge Road is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Road
- Rose Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rose Garden is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Garden
- Sage Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sage Hill is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Hill
- Shadow Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shadow Mountain is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Mountain
- Sleepy Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Spring Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Spring Creek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Spring Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Run is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Run
- Startup
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Startup is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startup
- Sugar House ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar House is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
- Sycamore Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sycamore Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Gardens
- Vegas
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Vegas is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vegas
- Vista Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Vista Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Village
- Wander Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wander Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wander Village
- Woodside Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Woodside Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Heights
- Young Haven Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Young Haven Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Haven Circle
- Zions Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Zions Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zions Park
How Far From Wells 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 Wells to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wells 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 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Wells 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 7,001 miles [11,267 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 7,769 miles [12,503 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> | 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- Wells) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wells, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Wells could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 Wells 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 Wells. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6913, Longitude: -111.8158 In this case, the coordinates for Wells have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.858 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.402 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.729 degrees. |
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