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Gunsight Point

Gunsight Point, seen from above at true elevation

Gunsight Point is a cliff in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,320 m. Desert Peak stands 2,115 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Hills, a peak 0.9 miles away. 35 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1320 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.21487, -112.90747
Around it

35 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
  • Twin Hills: 0.9 mi
  • Lakeside Butte: 1.8 mi
  • Strongs Knob: 2.4 mi
  • Strongknob: 3.6 mi
  • The Gillespies: 3.9 mi
Parks: 3
  • Gunnison Island State Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi
  • Hat Island Wildlife Refuge: 19.5 mi
  • Hat Island State Wildlife Management Area: 19.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Spiral Jetty Infomation Plaque: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Desert PeakW 265°2,115 m24.0 mi
Tangent PeakNW 323°2,107 m23.0 mi
Scorpio PeakNW 314°2,023 m19.3 mi
Craner PeakS 169°2,018 m23.6 mi
Black MountainS 170°1,990 m22.2 mi
Shelter MountainNW 312°1,818 m21.6 mi
Jedediah MountainS 172°1,777 m16.7 mi
Lead MountainE 83°1,762 m23.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:44
June solstice06:0020:2721:09
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5516:2217:06

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263241485767767464503626
Precip in1.11.01.01.31.40.70.40.40.91.20.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Utah Test Range, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356672914

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