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Silver Sands Beach

Silver Sands Beach from directly overhead

Silver Sands Beach is a beach in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,284 m. Kelsey Peak stands 3,162 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Salt Lake State Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1284 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.73383, -112.20438
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Great Salt Lake State Park: 0.3 mi
  • Emigrant Park: 4.3 mi
  • Magna Neighborhood Park: 5.3 mi
  • Magna Copper Park: 5.4 mi
  • Lake Point Community Park: 5.7 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Vines of Time: 5.3 mi
  • The Peaks: 11.7 mi
  • Drifting Waters: 11.8 mi
  • In Bloom: 11.9 mi
  • Column Plates And Benches: 12.0 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites
Attractions: 57
Gardens: 54
Museums: 50
Springs: 48
  • Maple Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Factory/Dunne's Pond Springs: 6.7 mi
  • Factory/Dunne's Pond Springs: 6.7 mi
  • Factory/Dunne's Pond Springs: 6.7 mi
  • Factory/Dunne's Pond Springs: 6.7 mi
Nature reserves: 13
  • Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 12.6 mi
  • Carr Fork Wildlife Managment Area: 12.7 mi
  • Fife Wetland Preserve: 14.9 mi
  • Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 17.9 mi
  • Mystic Springs Wetland Educational Area: 19.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Sunset Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Camera Flats: 19.1 mi
  • Bridger Bay Beach: 21.8 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Hole in the Rock.: 4.3 mi
  • Industrial Arch: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rocky Mouth Canyon Waterfall: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Silver Sands Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kelsey PeakS 182°3,162 m19.5 mi
White Pine PeakS 182°3,146 m18.9 mi
Tooele PeakS 184°2,926 m17.7 mi
Butterfield PeaksS 175°2,856 m18.5 mi
Nelson PeakS 173°2,829 m8.3 mi
Butterfield PeaksS 176°2,814 m18.4 mi
Clipper PeakS 177°2,805 m15.2 mi
Bates PeakS 176°2,797 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0519:41
June solstice05:5820:2321:04
September equinox07:1718:5219:28
December solstice07:5016:2117:05

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313545526272817969544132
Precip in1.41.41.82.32.41.00.70.71.11.61.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Garfield, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356674106

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