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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 Western Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Western Park 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 Western Park:
- 40.635781, -111.891046
- 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 Western Park
- 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 Western Park is near Utah County and also Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Utah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Davis 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 Western Park
Communities Also Named Western Park ...
We found two communities that are also named Western Park.
Within Utah, the name Western Park is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Elk 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 Kansas community of Western Park [Elk County].
- North Carolina
- Wake County
- This Western Park is located in Wake County and lies 1,819 miles [2,927.4 km]<2> to the east of the Western Park that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Western Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Western Park ...
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.
- Angel Street
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Angel Street is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel Street
- Angle View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Angle View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angle View
- Bee and Gee
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bee and Gee is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee and Gee
- Best View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Best View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best View
- Bridlewalk
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bridlewalk is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridlewalk
- Candlelite Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Candlelite Corner is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlelite Corner
- Celeste
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Celeste is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeste
- Cherry Tree Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cherry Tree Lane is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree Lane
- Chevy Chase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chevy Chase is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase
- Clover Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Clover Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hollow
- Coral Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Coral Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Heights
- Cottonwood Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Creek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Creek
- Continue List (62 more) ...
- Cottonwood Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Park
- Crown Colony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Colony is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Colony
- Dairy Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dairy Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairy Meadows
- Emerald Isle
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Emerald Isle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Isle
- Enchanted Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Enchanted Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Village
- Erin Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Erin Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Meadows
- Fairoaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fairoaks is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
- Fisher Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fisher Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Place
- Gill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gill is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Grant
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Grant is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Green Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Happy Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Happy Valley is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Haven Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Haven Grove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Grove
- Hidden Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hidden Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
- Holly Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Holly Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Heights
- Indian Wells
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Indian Wells is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Wells
- International Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- International Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for International Gardens
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jeremy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jeremy is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremy
- Jordan Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jordan Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Village
- Landings at Riverbend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Landings at Riverbend is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landings at Riverbend
- Laura Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Laura Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laura Park
- Ledgewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ledgewood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgewood
- Liberty ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Little Cottonwood Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Majestic Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Majestic Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Village
- Marion Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marion Village is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Village
- Millrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Millrace is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrace
- Misty Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Misty Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Meadows
- Mountain Breeze
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Breeze is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Breeze
- Murray
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Murray is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,355 people
- Murray has also been known as:
- Murray City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <3>
- Normandy
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Normandy is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Olympus View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Olympus View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympus View
- Paradise Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
- Pepper Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pepper Heights is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Heights
- Pheasant Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pheasant Hollow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Hollow
- Phoenician Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Phoenician Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenician Gardens
- Ridge Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ridge Creek is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Creek
- Riverbend
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Riverbend is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Riverwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverwood is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
- Sandra Way
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sandra Way is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandra Way
- Sandy Highlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Highlands is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Highlands
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Silver Shadows
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Silver Shadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Shadows
- Spring Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Run is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Run
- Stevenson Island
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stevenson Island is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Island
- Sunburst Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sunburst Meadows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburst Meadows
- Sunrise
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sunrise is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Sunstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunstone is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunstone
- Tall Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tall Oaks is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Oaks
- Twin Peaks
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Twin Peaks is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Peaks
- Twin Peaks Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Twin Peaks Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Peaks Circle
- Twin Willows
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Twin Willows is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Willows
- Union
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Union is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union View
- Valley Center
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Valley Center is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Center
- Valley Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Ridge is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ridge
- Village Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Village Gardens is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Gardens
- Walnut Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Walnut Brook is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Brook
- Warranty
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Warranty is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warranty
- Willow Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Hill is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Hill
- Xanadu
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Xanadu is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xanadu
How Far From Western Park 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 Western Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Western Park and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the North.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the north (N).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,841 miles [2,962.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Western Park 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 7,006 miles [11,275.1 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 7,774 miles [12,511 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,753 miles [9,258.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Western Park 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 '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- Western Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Western Park 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 Western Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6358, Longitude: -111.8910 In this case, the coordinates for Western Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.912 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.461 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.777 degrees. |
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