Artwork · Utah
Airplane
Airplane is an artwork in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,289 m. Gobblers Knob stands 3,115 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is West station gardens, a park 0.5 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Coordinates40.77178, -111.95138
- 3.9 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 12.4 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 16.5 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- West station gardens: 0.5 mi
- Meadows Park: 0.5 mi
- Dog area: 0.5 mi
- Redwood Meadows Park: 0.8 mi
- Cottonwood Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
- Og-woi People's Orchard and Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Rose Park Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Fairpark Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- 9-Line Orchard: 2.2 mi
- Rose Park Neighborhood Center Community Garden: 2.2 mi
Artworks
- What We Build Together: 1.3 mi
- Daylight: 1.7 mi
- The Peaks: 1.8 mi
- Red Iguana: 1.9 mi
- Dairy Cats: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
- Central Overland Trail - Tooele Branch - Jordan River Bridge: 1.3 mi
- Steenblik Park Commemoration: 1.9 mi
- Drifting Waters: 2.2 mi
- Colleen Caron: 2.3 mi
- Kathy Elton: 2.3 mi
Attractions
- Museum of Illusions: 2.5 mi
- Dreamscapes: 2.5 mi
- Fear Factory: 2.6 mi
- Deveraux House: 2.6 mi
- Family History Library: 3.0 mi
Museums: 60
- Discovery Gateway Children's Museum: 2.5 mi
- Rio Grande Depot: 2.5 mi
- Clark Planetarium: 2.5 mi
- Land Cruiser Heritage Museum: 2.6 mi
- Classic Cars International Museum: 2.9 mi
Peaks
- Ensign Peak: 3.5 mi
- Twin Peaks: 6.0 mi
- Dude Benchmark: 7.2 mi
- Round Knoll: 7.7 mi
- Mount Wire: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites
- #1 - Raspberry: 4.2 mi
- #2 - Hidden Falls: 4.3 mi
- #3 - Cherry Tree Grove: 4.4 mi
- #4 - Box Elder: 4.4 mi
- #5 - Elbow Turn: 4.5 mi
Springs: 48
- Salt Spring: 5.3 mi
- Baskin Spring: 6.4 mi
- Indian Spring: 7.1 mi
- Enoch Spring: 7.1 mi
- Wagner Spring: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Hidden Falls: 15.2 mi
- Moss Ledge Waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 17.4 mi
- Rocky Mouth Canyon Waterfall: 17.6 mi
- Upper Bells Canyon Waterfall: 17.8 mi
Nature reserves: 14
- Fife Wetland Preserve: 2.2 mi
- H-Rock Open Space: 7.9 mi
- Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 11.9 mi
- Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Johnson: 10.0 mi
- Bacchus: 10.7 mi
- Bingham Canyon: 17.5 mi
- Lark: 18.7 mi
- Forest City: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Rattlesnake Point: 8.9 mi
- Cambria Point: 20.0 mi
- Honeycomb Cliffs: 21.4 mi
- Black Bluff: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 4
- Silver Sands Beach: 13.5 mi
- Sunset Beach: 14.5 mi
- Camera Flats: 20.3 mi
- Bridger Bay Beach: 24.8 mi
Natural arches: 3
- Industrial Arch: 3.5 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 16.6 mi
- Storm Window Arch: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Airplane. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gobblers Knob | ESE 116° | 3,115 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount Raymond | ESE 121° | 3,108 m | 15.2 mi |
| Wilson Peak | ESE 115° | 3,033 m | 16.1 mi |
| Wildcat Ridge | SE 125° | 2,981 m | 13.6 mi |
| South Thayne Peak | ESE 122° | 2,980 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Olympus East | SE 127° | 2,979 m | 13.5 mi |
| Storm Mountain | SE 136° | 2,901 m | 15.7 mi |
| Grandview Peak | ENE 62° | 2,866 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:04 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:20 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 79 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake City Intl AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7136910129
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