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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 West Warren, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Warren and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 West Warren:
    • 41.250222, -112.152441
    • 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 West Warren
  • 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 Weber County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Weber County
    • Since West Warren is near Davis County and also Box Elder 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 Box Elder 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 West Warren

Communities Also Named West Warren ...

We found four communities that are also named West Warren.

Within Utah, the name West Warren is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Knox County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of West Warren [Knox County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This West Warren is located in Worcester County and lies 2,039 miles [3,281.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the West Warren that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of West Warren.
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of West Warren [Trumbull County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bradford County
      • This West Warren is located in Bradford County and lies 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the West Warren that is located in Weber County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of West Warren.

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Warren ...

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.

  • Cedar Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Ridge is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
  • Cottonwood Meadows
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottonwood Meadows is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Meadows
  • Foxglen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Foxglen is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxglen
  • Harmony Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Harmony Park is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Park
  • Kanesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kanesville is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanesville
  • Kingsville Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsville Junction is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville Junction
  • Laurel Lea
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Laurel Lea is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lea
  • Lee Mesa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lee Mesa is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Mesa
  • Little Mountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Little Mountain is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Mountain
  • Park Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Park Lake is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lake
  • Pioneer Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pioneer Village is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
  • Plain City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Plain City is located in Weber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,862 people
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Quail Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Quail Point is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Point
    • Rosehill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Rosehill is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill
    • Slaterville ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Slaterville is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
    • Tanner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Tanner is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
    • Willow Wood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Wood is located in Weber County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood

How Far From West Warren to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as West Warren to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Warren and extending to:

  • Ogden, which is the Seat of Weber County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from West Warren to Ogden, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,849 miles [2,975.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 105 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,975 miles [11,225.2 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 7,743 miles [12,461.2 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>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 West Warren 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Warren) 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 West Warren 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 West Warren. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2502, Longitude: -112.1524       In this case, the coordinates for West Warren have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.176 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.823 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.884 degrees.