Metal Arts
Metal Arts is an attraction in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,305 m. Mount Ellen stands 3,512 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Carl's Critter Garden, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Capitol Reef Country Scenic Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1305 m
How to reach it
- On the Capitol Reef Country Scenic Byway
- 0.3 mi off the Bicentennial Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Hickman Bridge Overlook · 29 mi
- North Fruita Overlook · 29 mi
- South Fruita Overlook · 29 mi
- Rim Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Radio Hill: 0.6 mi
- The Notch: 5.4 mi
- Guss Knoll: 5.8 mi
- Blue Knoll: 6.0 mi
- Blue Point: 7.1 mi
- Seep: 7.8 mi
- Bert Avery Seep: 9.5 mi
- Angel Cove Spring: 10.6 mi
- Pool Spring: 11.3 mi
- Sidehill Springs: 11.8 mi
- Long Dong Silver: 6.7 mi
- Skyline Rim: 7.2 mi
- Skyline Rim: 7.5 mi
- Skyline Rim: 7.6 mi
- Skyline Rim: 7.8 mi
- Wolverton Mill: 0.6 mi
- Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry: 6.9 mi
- Arch: 8.6 mi
- Moki Steps: 14.2 mi
- Historic Concrete Mixer: 14.8 mi
- Giles: 7.4 mi
- Eagle City: 21.1 mi
- Miner's Cabin: 17.2 mi
- Car Ruins: 22.3 mi
- Carl's Critter Garden: 0.0 mi
- Arscenic Arch: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Metal Arts. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ellen | SSW 197° | 3,512 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Ellen Peak | SSW 198° | 3,495 m | 18.4 mi |
| Kimble And Turner Peak | S 191° | 3,388 m | 22.1 mi |
| Dry Lakes Peak | SSW 199° | 3,182 m | 17.2 mi |
| Bartons Peak | S 189° | 3,034 m | 21.4 mi |
| Corral Point | SSW 197° | 3,002 m | 20.6 mi |
| Durfey Butte | SSW 196° | 2,912 m | 21.9 mi |
| Bull Mountain | S 184° | 2,793 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:25 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 36 | 46 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 80 | 77 | 67 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hanksville, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1183475735
Day trips start here
- Capitol Reef National Park · 27 mi
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