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Middle Canyon Rock

Middle Canyon Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Middle Canyon Rock is a cliff in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 2,339 m. Ibapah Peak stands 3,663 m to the southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Peak, a peak 3.1 miles away. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
2339 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.88588, -113.85072

80 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 39
  • Kent Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Cold Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 7.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Jacobs Hole: 7.6 mi
Peaks: 27
  • Rocky Peak: 3.1 mi
  • Haystack Peak: 3.9 mi
  • Ibapah Peak: 5.4 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 5.5 mi
  • Red Mountain: 7.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Historic sites: 5
Parks: 2
  • Window Rock: 17.0 mi
  • State Game Refuge Number Twelve for Antelope: 19.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Wilson Health Springs: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ibapah PeakSW 223°3,663 m5.4 mi
Haystack PeakSW 228°3,661 m3.9 mi
Red MountainSW 218°3,520 m7.5 mi
Rocky PeakNW 306°3,272 m3.1 mi
Bald MountainNNW 340°2,875 m5.5 mi
Spring Creek MountainWSW 241°2,765 m11.7 mi
George H. Hansen PeakESE 117°2,580 m24.5 mi
Ibapah PeakN 349°2,488 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1219:48
June solstice06:0820:2721:08
September equinox07:2418:5819:34
December solstice07:5416:3117:14

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263342485766747262493627
Precip in0.50.40.50.81.00.60.40.50.60.70.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Callao, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/8178092416

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