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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 Wendover, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wendover 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 Wendover:
- 40.736139, -114.034752
- 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 Wendover
- 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 Tooele County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tooele County
- Since Wendover is near Elko County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elko 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 Wendover
Communities Also Named Wendover ...
We found five communities that are also named Wendover.
Within Utah, the name Wendover is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Leslie County
- This Wendover is located in Leslie County and lies 1,657 miles [2,666.7 km]<1> to the east of the Wendover that is located in Tooele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leslie County community of Wendover.
- Nevada
- Elko County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Wendover [Elko County].
- Ontario
- This Wendover lies 1,968 miles [3,167.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wendover that is located in Tooele County.
- Wyoming
- Laramie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Wendover [Laramie County].
- Platte County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Wendover [Platte County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wendover ...
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.
- Blair
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Decoy ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Decoy is located in Elko County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decoy
- Hogan ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pilot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot is located in Elko County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot
- Sage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sage is located in Elko County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
- Silver Zone ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Zone is located in Elko County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Zone
How Far From Wendover 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 city such as Wendover to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wendover and extending to:
- Tooele, which is the Seat of Tooele County, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could drive a straight line from Wendover to Tooele, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,951 miles [3,139.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 111 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,051 miles [11,347.5 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 7,820 miles [12,585.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,816 miles [9,359.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Wendover) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wendover 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. |
| <3> | 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 Wendover, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Wendover 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 Wendover. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7361, Longitude: -114.0348 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.621 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.488 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.027 degrees. |
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