Tooele Valley Railway Engine 11
Tooele Valley Railway Engine 11 is an attraction in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,555 m. Flat Top Mountain stands 3,235 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tooele Valley Railway Caboose 4, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
The story
city in and county seat of Tooele County, Utah, United States
Dates from 1851.
Wikidata Q482937, matched on coordinates and name (863 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tooele City
How to reach it
- 26.9 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 27.0 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 27.2 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Highland Park: 0.2 mi
- Red Delpapa Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Elton Park: 0.5 mi
- Plat C Park: 0.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 0.8 mi
- One O'Clock: 1.7 mi
- Two O'Clock: 1.9 mi
- Tooele Peak: 2.9 mi
- Griffen Peak: 3.4 mi
- Tooele Valley Museum and Historical Park: 0.0 mi
- Tooele Bell: 0.6 mi
- Veteran Suicide Monument: 0.6 mi
- Veterans Monument: 0.6 mi
- Our Honored Dead WWI & WWII Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Rench Spring: 1.6 mi
- Mill Pond Spring: 7.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 8.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 8.3 mi
- Factory/Dunne's Pond Springs: 9.0 mi
- Tooele T: 2.2 mi
- Todem Power Poles: 14.0 mi
- Metal Barrel: 14.3 mi
- Minecart: 14.3 mi
- Sheep statue: 14.4 mi
- USU Extension Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Community Gardens: 14.8 mi
- Magna Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Liberty Landing Round about Garden: 17.1 mi
- Crosstowwer Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- Tooele Valley Railway Caboose 4: 0.0 mi
- Asylum 49: 0.5 mi
- Galatic Tag: 13.9 mi
- VR Junkies: 13.9 mi
- The "C": 14.7 mi
- Tooele Pioneer Museum: 0.5 mi
- Magna Mining Museum: 15.7 mi
- Gale Center: 18.6 mi
- West Jordan Historical Society: 18.8 mi
- Taylorsville Bennion Heritage Center: 20.8 mi
- Carr Fork Wildlife Managment Area: 2.7 mi
- Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Galena Soónkahni Preserve: 19.7 mi
- South Jordan City Southeast Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 19.7 mi
- Mystic Springs Wetland Educational Area: 19.9 mi
- Bingham Canyon: 8.5 mi
- Lark: 10.1 mi
- Bacchus: 13.6 mi
- Mercur: 15.1 mi
- Ajax: 21.8 mi
- Outdoor Eating at Cyprus Credit Union: 17.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Riverbend Picnic Site and Grills: 22.2 mi
- Riverside Picnic: 22.3 mi
- Wheeler Farm: 23.4 mi
- Sunset Beach: 14.0 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 14.7 mi
- Monet Waterfall: 20.9 mi
- Ghost Falls: 24.6 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 10.5 mi
- Saratoga Hot Springs: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Tooele Valley Railway Engine 11. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | SSE 154° | 3,235 m | 12.1 mi |
| Lowe Peak | SSE 147° | 3,216 m | 8.7 mi |
| Flat Top Mtn-South Peak | SSE 156° | 3,176 m | 12.3 mi |
| Kelsey Peak | SE 145° | 3,162 m | 6.7 mi |
| White Pine Peak | SE 142° | 3,146 m | 6.2 mi |
| South Lowe Peak | SSE 147° | 3,144 m | 9.0 mi |
| Rocky Peak | SSE 152° | 3,118 m | 7.8 mi |
| Corn Peak (10186) | SSE 149° | 3,105 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:23 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:23 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 69 | 78 | 76 | 66 | 52 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tooele, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1481199444
Day trips start here
- Tooele · 1 mi
- Draper · 22 mi
- Sandy · 23 mi
- Lehi · 25 mi
- Salt Lake City · 26 mi
- American Fork · 28 mi
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