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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 Willow Creek Fort, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willow Creek Fort 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 Willow Creek Fort:
- 41.408876, -112.038629
- 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 Willow Creek Fort
- 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 Box Elder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Box Elder County
- Since Willow Creek Fort is near Weber County and also Cache County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Weber County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cache 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 Willow Creek Fort
Curious and Interesting Names Near Willow Creek Fort ...
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.
- Cherrywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cherrywood is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
- Cottonwood Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood Heights is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Heights
- Hill Top
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Top is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Hunting Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hunting Creek is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Creek
- Indian Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Irene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Irene is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Jillville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jillville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jillville
- King Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- King Place is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Place
- Lakeview Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Majestic Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Majestic Heights is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic Heights
- Misty Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Misty Meadows is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Meadows
- Mountain Shadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Shadows is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Shadows
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Paradise Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Hills is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
- Pioneer Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Plain City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,808 people
- Rosehill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rosehill is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill
- Scottish Highlands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scottish Highlands is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottish Highlands
- Sunny Slope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunny Slope is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slope
- Willowbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Willowbrook is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Willowcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Willowcreek is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowcreek
How Far From Willow Creek Fort 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 include the distance from a community such as Willow Creek Fort to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Willow Creek Fort once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Willow Creek Fort and extending to:
- Brigham City, which is the Seat of Box Elder County, lies just to the North.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Willow Creek Fort to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,842 miles [2,964.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 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 7,731 miles [12,441.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,716 miles [9,199 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Willow Creek Fort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Willow Creek Fort) 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 Willow Creek Fort 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 Willow Creek Fort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4089, Longitude: -112.0386 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.10 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.748 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.805 degrees. |
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