Jardine Juniper
Jardine Juniper is an attraction in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,126 m. Naomi Peak stands 3,041 m to the north-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Logan Cave Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. Logan Canyon Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
The Jardine Juniper is an individual of the species Rocky Mountain juniper. Often credited with an age of over 3,000 years, core samples taken in the 1950s revealed that it was actually somewhere around 1,500 years old.
The story
old Rocky Mountain Juniper in Cache National Forest, Utah
Wikidata Q16997958, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 12 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Logan Canyon Scenic Byway, National
- 14.1 mi off the Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 15.7 mi off the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bear Lake Overlook · 12 mi
- Mount McKinnon Viewpoint · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Logan Cave Spring: 0.5 mi
- Little Cottonwood Spring: 2.1 mi
- Hidden Spring: 2.5 mi
- Ricks Spring: 2.8 mi
- Spawn Creek Guzzler: 3.4 mi
- Beirdneau Peak: 3.6 mi
- Mount Jardine: 3.8 mi
- Mount Elmer: 3.8 mi
- Temple Peak: 5.1 mi
- Naomi Peak: 6.9 mi
- Lion's Park: 8.9 mi
- Lundstrom Park: 9.2 mi
- Ray Hugie Hydro Park: 9.3 mi
- 600 South Park: 9.4 mi
- Canyon Entrance Park: 9.5 mi
- Flights of Learning: 10.1 mi
- Force of the Morning: 10.2 mi
- Troika: 10.2 mi
- Falling Water Santa Cruz XVII, XVIII, and XXII: 10.2 mi
- Opus: 10.2 mi
- Rodent Ranch: 0.7 mi
- The Betagraph: 1.0 mi
- Mile 385: 1.2 mi
- Hobbit Caves: 2.5 mi
- Kentucky Fried Penguin: 3.7 mi
- Chokecherry Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Card Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Tony Grove Day Use Area: 5.5 mi
- Site 1: 5.6 mi
- Site 2: 5.7 mi
- Temple Fork Sawmill: 4.7 mi
- Old Ephraim's Grave: 5.8 mi
- Pioneer Plot: 10.2 mi
- Dawn to Dusk: 10.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Second Dam: 7.6 mi
- Bear Lake Overlook Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Bear Lake Rest Area: 14.1 mi
- Permaculture Garden: 10.1 mi
- Hope Community Garden: 11.9 mi
- Nuwuh Boheep: 13.8 mi
- Bluewater Beach: 14.4 mi
- Ideal Beach: 14.6 mi
- Cisco Beach: 21.7 mi
- Cache Valley DUP (Daughters of the Utah Pioneers) Museum: 11.8 mi
- Millville Museum: 13.3 mi
- Minnetonka Cave Tour: 19.9 mi
- Hirschi's Haunted Hollow: 23.8 mi
- First Waterfall: 10.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Jardine Juniper. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naomi Peak | NNW 342° | 3,041 m | 6.9 mi |
| Cherry Peak | NNW 336° | 2,982 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Magog | N 350° | 2,972 m | 7.1 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | N 352° | 2,970 m | 11.1 mi |
| Logan Peak | SSW 212° | 2,959 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Gog | N 352° | 2,954 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Elmer | NW 312° | 2,943 m | 3.8 mi |
| Providence Peak | SSW 208° | 2,922 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:23 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:14 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 29 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 73 | 63 | 50 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Logan Utah ST Univ, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9214767983
Day trips start here
- Garden City · 15 mi
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