Plateau Overlook sits at mile 10 of the Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway, at an elevation of 5,479 feet. The terrain drops 172 feet within 600 meters of the viewpoint, and the overlook faces due east, directly toward the sunrise. Several named features are visible from this point: Wipeout Hill to the northeast at 3.5 miles, Merrimac Butte to the northeast at 3.8 miles, Mother-in-Law Hill to the east-southeast at 4.0 miles, Monitor Butte to the east-northeast at 4.1 miles, Widow Maker to the east at 4.5 miles, and Four Arches Canyon Overlook to the southeast at 4.9 miles. Merrimac Butte is a sandstone summit rising to 5,627 feet, formed as a thin, east-to-west butte with vertical Entrada Sandstone walls over a Carmel Formation base. Moab lies 14.2 miles to the east-southeast, Castle Valley is 21.1 miles east, and Green River sits 31.9 miles to the northwest. Big Chief Overlook precedes this stop, and Monitor and Merrimac Viewpoint follows. Sunrise and sunset times vary by season, with sunrise as early as 05:56 at the June solstice and as late as 07:34 at the December solstice.
Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.
This overlook faces sunrise — 0° off square to it.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 19:31 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:48 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 19:18 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 17:02 | 16:20 |
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Mile 10 of 28 along Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway.
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Merrimac Butte is a 5,627-foot (1,715-metre) sandstone summit located in Grand County, Utah, United States, about 12 miles northwest of the town of Moab. Merrimac Butte is a thin, 200–600-foot-wide and 1,600-foot-long east-to-west butte with 200-foot-tall vertical Entrada Sandstone walls overlaying a Carmel Formation base.
Plateau Overlook sits at about 5,479 feet (1,670 m).
From Plateau Overlook: Wipeout Hill (NE, 3.5 mi); Merrimac Butte (NE, 3.8 mi); Mother-in-Law Hill (ESE, 4.0 mi); Monitor Butte (ENE, 4.1 mi).
Sunrise. The land falls away from Plateau Overlook toward the sunrise, so at sunset the light is behind you. Exact times shift through the year; the page shows the current window.
Moab, 14 miles ESE of Plateau Overlook.
Monitor and Merrimac Viewpoint is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Plateau Overlook.
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