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Rock Chunker

Rock Chunker from directly overhead

Rock Chunker is an attraction in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,666 m. Castleton Tower stands 2,030 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Tailpipe Hill, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

Rock surface for rock crawling

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Coordinates38.63189, -109.67435

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Tailpipe Hill: 0.0 mi
  • Mirror Gulch: 0.2 mi
  • Misty's Thumb: 0.2 mi
  • Lin-Lynn Arch: 0.3 mi
  • Jacks Arch: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Court Point: 0.3 mi
  • Heat Wave Butte: 1.8 mi
  • Three Penguins: 3.2 mi
  • Sheep Rock: 3.7 mi
  • Three Gossips: 3.8 mi
Springs: 25
  • Matrimony Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Courthouse Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Kings Bottom Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Brink Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Little Mountain Spring: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Ring Arch: 3.0 mi
  • The Great Wall: 4.9 mi
  • The Great Wall: 5.3 mi
  • Wall Street: 6.6 mi
  • Wall Street: 7.0 mi
Natural arches: 14
  • Trigon Arch: 5.4 mi
  • Window Arch: 10.4 mi
  • Sand Dune Arch: 10.4 mi
  • Tunnel Arch: 11.4 mi
  • Pine Tree Arch: 11.5 mi
Parks: 12
  • Lions Park: 5.7 mi
  • Moab BMX Park: 7.3 mi
  • Swanny City Park: 7.5 mi
  • Bullick Cross Creek Park: 7.7 mi
  • Moab Pocket Park: 7.8 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Halfway Stage House - Old Stage Coach Station: 6.5 mi
  • Farmstead History: 7.4 mi
  • Denis Julien Inscription: 17.4 mi
  • False Kiva: 19.8 mi
  • Fort Bottom Ruin: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 5
Picnic sites: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Medieval Chamber: 9.4 mi
  • Mille Creek Falls (Left Hand): 10.3 mi
  • Faux Falls: 17.6 mi
  • "Slytherin Falls": 19.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 3
Rest areas: 3
Nature reserves: 1
  • Scott Matheson Wetlands Preserve: 6.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Rock Chunker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castleton TowerE 85°2,030 m16.6 mi
Coffee Pot RockE 96°1,937 m13.0 mi
The KnollSW 229°1,920 m8.1 mi
Aztec ButteSW 214°1,918 m19.5 mi
Whitbeck RockSW 224°1,880 m11.9 mi
Round MountainE 94°1,869 m16.9 mi
Muffin ButteSSW 212°1,828 m20.6 mi
Upheaval PointSW 224°1,805 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:31
June solstice05:5520:0820:47
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3416:2017:01

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F324050576778858273584433
Precip in0.60.60.60.70.70.40.70.90.91.10.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Arches NP HQS, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/433534657

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