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Utah Shakespeare Festival

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Utah Shakespeare Festival is an attraction in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,781 m. Brian Head stands 3,443 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Fred C. Adams, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Markaquant High Plateau Scenic Byway runs past it.

About

The story

annual theatrical festival at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah, United States

Dates from 1961.

Wikidata Q7902401, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates37.67659, -113.06448

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • The Red Hill: 1.4 mi
  • The Knoll: 1.6 mi
  • White Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Cross Hollow Hills: 2.9 mi
  • Cedar Mountain: 3.3 mi
Springs: 35
  • Oak Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Co-op Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Lundale Spring: 12.7 mi
  • House Spring: 13.8 mi
Parks: 32
  • Stillman Sculpture Court: 0.1 mi
  • Mayor Square: 0.1 mi
  • Meditation Water fall: 0.2 mi
  • Main Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Veterans Park: 0.5 mi
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 7
Artworks: 5
  • Fred C. Adams: 0.0 mi
  • Ellen (Nellie) Purcell Unthank: 0.3 mi
  • Old Sorrel: 0.5 mi
  • The Centurium: 0.5 mi
  • Brian the Bear: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Lake Creek Waterfall: 8.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Creek Waterfall: 8.9 mi
  • 2nd Falls End of Hike: 10.6 mi
  • Lower Kanarra Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.7 mi
Museums: 4
  • Southern Utah Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
  • Frontier Homestead State Park Museum: 0.8 mi
  • The Museum of Composite Propellant Hobby Rocketry: 1.7 mi
  • Parowan's Old Rock Church: 17.2 mi
Historic sites: 3
Gardens: 2
Natural arches: 2
  • Bartizan Arch: 11.8 mi
  • Double Arch Alcove: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Utah Shakespeare Festival. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brian HeadE 89°3,443 m12.8 mi
Blowhard MountainESE 117°3,224 m12.5 mi
Navajo PointE 86°3,221 m10.9 mi
Mammoth SummitE 93°3,184 m12.4 mi
Black MountainSE 137°3,159 m10.1 mi
Gooseberry PointSE 125°3,153 m14.4 mi
Pine Spring KnollS 181°3,053 m9.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainE 85°3,038 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1019:44
June solstice06:1220:1920:58
September equinox07:2118:5619:31
December solstice07:4516:3717:18

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542485768757365524031
Precip in0.81.11.41.21.00.51.31.30.91.31.01.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedar City, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/437486238

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