Circle Cliffs
Circle Cliffs is a cliff in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 2,210 m. Mount Ellen stands 3,512 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Bitter Point, a peak 0.8 miles away. Journey Through Time Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2210 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Journey Through Time Scenic Byway
- 18.9 mi off the Capitol Reef Country Scenic Byway
- 28.4 mi off the Bicentennial Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Steep Creek Overlook · 12 mi
- Homestead Overlook · 13 mi
- Overlook Waterpocket Fold · 14 mi
- LARB HOLLOW OVERLOOK CUA DISPERSED · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bitter Point: 0.8 mi
- Lamp Stand: 2.3 mi
- Blind Point: 4.8 mi
- Oak Creek Point: 6.9 mi
- Impossible Peak: 7.8 mi
- Brinkerhof Spring: 1.6 mi
- Aspen Spring: 10.1 mi
- Dripping Rock Seep: 10.7 mi
- Spruce Spring: 11.5 mi
- Dave Teeples Spring: 13.6 mi
- Dome Arch: 6.6 mi
- UT-318 Arch: 6.8 mi
- Shy Arch: 6.9 mi
- Sheets Gulch Arch: 7.4 mi
- Saddle Arch: 7.5 mi
- The Terrace: 15.3 mi
- Schoolhouse Ledge: 17.3 mi
- Waterpocket Fold: 17.6 mi
- Caineville Reef: 19.1 mi
- Fish Creek Point: 19.4 mi
- Lower Calf Creek Falls: 19.6 mi
- Upper Calf Creek Fall: 20.1 mi
- Fremont River Waterfall: 20.3 mi
- Lower Waterfall: 21.7 mi
- Middle Waterfall: 22.4 mi
- Old bunker: 8.9 mi
- Diversion Dam Ruins: 21.5 mi
- Car Ruins: 23.7 mi
- Scenic Drive Stop 11: 14.9 mi
- Scenic Drive Stop 9 Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Day-Use Picnic Site: 20.9 mi
- Coombs Site: 17.1 mi
- Boulder Town Park: 17.2 mi
- Anasazi State Park Museum: 17.1 mi
- Anasazi State Park Museum: 17.1 mi
- Fruita: 20.9 mi
- Eagle City: 21.4 mi
- Upper Muley Twist Arch: 6.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Circle Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ellen | ENE 66° | 3,512 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Ellen Peak | ENE 63° | 3,495 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mount Pennell | E 98° | 3,471 m | 18.6 mi |
| Kimble And Turner Peak | ENE 76° | 3,388 m | 19.0 mi |
| Boulder Mountain | WNW 291° | 3,380 m | 17.7 mi |
| Chokecherry Point | NW 309° | 3,283 m | 15.5 mi |
| Dry Lakes Peak | ENE 60° | 3,182 m | 19.8 mi |
| Bartons Peak | ENE 76° | 3,034 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
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 | 42 | 48 | 56 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 17 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Capitol Reef National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: May.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356677866
Day trips start here
- Capitol Reef National Park · 14 mi
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