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Blacktail Cliff

Blacktail Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

Blacktail Cliff is a cliff in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,936 m. Marsh Peak stands 3,718 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Firefighters Memorial, a historic site 1.4 miles away. Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1936 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.90829, -109.46736

Overlooks nearby

Around it

94 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 52
Parks: 17
  • Swett Ranch National Historic Site: 2.3 mi
  • Little Davenport Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
  • Little Hole Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
  • Lucerne Point Group Site: 8.2 mi
  • Big Park: 8.4 mi
Springs: 13
  • Colton Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Antelope Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Chicken Coop Spring: 20.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Firefighters Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Doc Parson Place: 17.1 mi
  • Three Corners Monument: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Sheep Creek Canyon Geological Area: 16.2 mi
  • Dinosaur Trackway: 22.3 mi
  • Moonshine arch: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Moose Ponds Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
Museums: 1
  • John Jarvie Ranch Historic Site (BLM): 15.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blacktail Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marsh PeakSW 234°3,718 m23.3 mi
Mount UntermannWSW 246°3,675 m23.5 mi
Leidy PeakWSW 243°3,667 m21.5 mi
Trout Creek PeakWSW 236°3,200 m15.1 mi
Sims PeakSW 226°3,141 m19.3 mi
Dyer MountainSSW 205°3,116 m13.0 mi
Taylor MountainSW 215°3,103 m15.9 mi
Mount LenaSSE 162°2,972 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5419:30
June solstice05:4720:1220:54
September equinox07:0618:4119:17
December solstice07:4016:1016:54

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252837445362706859473425
Precip in0.50.70.91.11.40.91.01.21.71.40.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flaming Gorge, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356681264

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