Woodside Gasoline Ruin
Woodside Gasoline Ruin is an attraction in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,429 m. Patmos Head stands 2,994 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodside, a ghost town 0.3 miles away. Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway runs past it. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
The story
ghost town in Emery County, Utah, United States
Dates from 1881.
Wikidata Q2593228, matched on coordinates and name (408 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1429 m
How to reach it
- On the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Green River Overlook · 24 mi
- River Overlook · 27 mi
79 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Elliott: 6.3 mi
- Summerville Point: 8.3 mi
- Sugarloaf: 8.5 mi
- Grade Point: 11.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain Knoll: 11.7 mi
- Rio Grande Well: 11.9 mi
- Trail Spring: 16.2 mi
- Squaw Spring: 16.4 mi
- Clay Seep: 18.2 mi
- Bob Hill Spring: 18.5 mi
- Petroglyphs: 15.2 mi
- Pictographs: 18.9 mi
- Arch Tower: 19.3 mi
- Ednah Natural Bridge: 20.0 mi
- Buckhorn Draw Pictograph Panel: 21.2 mi
- Lila Point: 12.9 mi
- Beaver Slide Rim: 15.7 mi
- Point of Cedar Mountain: 16.4 mi
- Swasey's Leap: 20.2 mi
- Cedar Mountain Recreation Area: 16.3 mi
- O.K. Anderson Park: 21.1 mi
- Pearl Baker Park: 21.4 mi
- Desert Lake Waterfowl Management Area: 24.9 mi
- Woodside: 0.3 mi
- Victor: 21.9 mi
- Desert Lake: 24.5 mi
- East Carbon City Museum: 19.5 mi
- John Wesley Powell River History Museum: 21.8 mi
- Horse Canyon Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- Swasey's Beach: 16.3 mi
- Day Use Area - No Camping: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Woodside Gasoline Ruin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patmos Head | N 5° | 2,994 m | 16.3 mi |
| Range Valley Mountain | N 11° | 2,989 m | 20.4 mi |
| Slough Canyon Point | ENE 72° | 2,676 m | 24.6 mi |
| Flat Top | NE 35° | 2,644 m | 20.7 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | WSW 246° | 2,335 m | 16.1 mi |
| Cedar Mountain Knoll | WSW 254° | 2,255 m | 11.7 mi |
| Bob Hill Knoll | W 259° | 2,233 m | 19.5 mi |
| Wimmer Knoll | W 266° | 2,181 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
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 | 33 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunnyside City, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1183475885
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