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Tidbits & Trivia

Introduction ...

Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Westminster Heights.

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Westminster Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Westminster Heights 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 Westminster Heights:
    • 40.727724, -111.849379<1>
    • 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 Westminster Heights
  • 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 Westminster Heights 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 Westminster Heights

Curious and Interesting Names Near Westminster Heights ...

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.

  • Boulevard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Boulevard is also located in Salt Lake County
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  • Cannon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cannon is also located in Salt Lake County
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  • Capitol
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Capitol is also located in Salt Lake County
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  • Eddie Kay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Eddie Kay is also located in Salt Lake County
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  • Edwards
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Edwards is also located in Salt Lake County
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  • Farm Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Farm Hill is also located in Salt Lake County
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  • Federal-Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Federal-Heights is also located in Salt Lake County
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  • Florence Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Florence Hollow is also located in Salt Lake County
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  • Forest Dale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Forest Dale is also located in Salt Lake County
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  • Fountain Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fountain Place is also located in Salt Lake County
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  • Foxs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Foxs is also located in Salt Lake County
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  • Franklin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Franklin is also located in Salt Lake County
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  • Continue List   (37 more) ...
    • Fraternity Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Fraternity Park is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Glenn
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenn is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Grand View
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Grand View is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Granite
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Granite is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Green Acres
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Acres is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Holland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Holland is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Jo Lynn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jo Lynn is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Juniper
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Juniper is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Knight
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Knight is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight
    • Lincoln Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Lincoln Gardens is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Gardens
    • Lincoln Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Lincoln Park is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Lincoln Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Lincoln Village is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Orchard Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Orchard Gardens is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Park Central
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Park Central is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Paul
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Paul is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Perrys Hollow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Perrys Hollow is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Pratts
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Pratts is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Roper
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Roper is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Rose Garden
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Rose Garden is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Rural
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Rural is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Sage Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Sage Hill is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Salt Lake City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Silver Park is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Startup
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Startup is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Sugar House ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sugar House was located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar House
    • Syndicate Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Syndicate Place is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Temple View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Temple View is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Thorn
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Thorn is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • University Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • University Village is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Vegas
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Vegas is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Victory Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Victory Village is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Virginia Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Virginia Heights is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Vista Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Vista Village is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Wahoo
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Wahoo is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
    • Woodside Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Woodside Heights is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Young Haven Circle
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Young Haven Circle is also located in Salt Lake County
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    • Zions Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Zions Park is also located in Salt Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zions Park

How Far From Westminster Heights 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 included the distance from a community such as Westminster Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Westminster Heights 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 1,838 miles [2,958 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Westminster Heights 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 6,999 miles [11,263.8 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 7,768 miles [12,501.4 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>GPS Coordinates for Westminster Heights:
     Decimal: 40.72772, -111.849379
     DDMMSS: 40° 43' 39", -111° 50' 57"
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Westminster Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Westminster Heights 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 Westminster Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7277, Longitude: -111.8494       In this case, the coordinates for Westminster Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.888 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.44 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.746 degrees.