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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Western 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:
- 40.770224, -111.916048
- 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
- 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 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 Western
Communities Also Named Western ...
We found eight communities that are also named Western.
Within Utah, the name Western is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Columbia County
- This Western is located in Columbia County and lies 1,152 miles [1,854 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Western that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Western.
- Iowa
- Linn County
- This Western is located in Linn County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<1> to the east of the Western that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Western.
- Kentucky
- Fulton 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 Kentucky community of Western [Fulton County].
- Minnesota
- Otter Tail County
- This Western is located in Otter Tail County and lies 869 miles [1,398.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Western that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otter Tail County community of Western.
- Nebraska
- Saline County
- This Western is located in Saline County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the east of the Western that is located in Salt Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Western.
- North Carolina
- Haywood 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 North Carolina community of Western [Haywood County].
- Virginia
- Petersburg City
- 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 Virginia community of Western [Petersburg City].
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin community of Western [Milwaukee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Western ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Bullock
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bullock is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Capitol
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Capitol is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol
- Catherine Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Catherine Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Circle
- City Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- City Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Park
- Colorado
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Colorado is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
- Edwards
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Edwards is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Featherstone
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Featherstone is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherstone
- Fountain Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fountain Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Place
- Franklin
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Franklin is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Glenn
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glenn is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Golden Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Golden Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Granite
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Granite is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Great Westside
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Great Westside is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Westside
- Hunters
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hunters is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
- Jones
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jones is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Jordan Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jordan Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Place
- Lake View
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lake View is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Martins
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Martins is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins
- Mead Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mead Circle is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Circle
- Poplar Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Poplar Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Place
- Rock Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rock Springs is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Salt Lake City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Silver Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Silver Park is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Park
- Snow
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Snow is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
- Thorn
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Thorn is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn
- University
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- University is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- Willow Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Willow Place is located in Salt Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Place
How Far From Western 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 community such as Western to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Western and extending to:
- Salt Lake City, which is the Seat of Salt Lake County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies just to the southeast (SE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,841 miles [2,962.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Western 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 6,998 miles [11,262.2 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 7,767 miles [12,499.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Western) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 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> | 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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7702, Longitude: -111.9160 In this case, the coordinates for Western have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.945 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.51 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.782 degrees. |
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