Morgan Point
Morgan Point is a cliff in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,353 m. Nelson Peak stands 2,829 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pass Canyon Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1353 m
How to reach it
- 28.0 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Adams Peak: 1.7 mi
- The Dome: 1.8 mi
- Castle Rock: 2.3 mi
- Plug Peak: 2.6 mi
- Lambournes Rock: 10.2 mi
- Hat Island State Wildlife Management Area: 14.5 mi
- Hat Island Wildlife Refuge: 14.5 mi
- Great Salt Lake State Park: 17.2 mi
- Emigrant Park: 17.7 mi
- Lake Point Community Park: 18.0 mi
- Pass Canyon Spring: 0.6 mi
- Cane Spring: 2.8 mi
- Shanty Spring: 3.6 mi
- Big Spring: 12.8 mi
- Mushroom Springs: 15.7 mi
- Our Desert Island Home: 16.4 mi
- Abandoned School Bus: 17.6 mi
- US Army Ranger and Air Force Memorial: 18.1 mi
- Benson Grist Mill Pioneer Heritage Park: 18.3 mi
- Monument: 22.7 mi
- Bridger Bay Beach: 16.6 mi
- Sunset Beach: 17.0 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 17.5 mi
- Camera Flats: 18.2 mi
- Jones Beach: 20.2 mi
- Delle: 17.4 mi
- Saline: 23.3 mi
- Promontory Point: 24.2 mi
- Low: 24.8 mi
- Bacchus: 25.0 mi
- Cambria Point: 12.9 mi
- Dead Cow Point: 13.9 mi
- Black Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Poverty Point: 14.6 mi
- Timpie Springs Waterfowl Management Area: 11.6 mi
- Howard Slough Waterfowl Management Area: 24.3 mi
- The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve: 24.9 mi
- Frary Gravesite Interpretive Trail: 16.4 mi
- Fielding Garr Ranch: 16.7 mi
- The "C": 21.6 mi
- Pink Playa Shark: 5.6 mi
- Vines of Time: 22.7 mi
- USU Extension Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Magna Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Buffalo Point Interpretive and Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 18.5 mi
- Magna Mining Museum: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Morgan Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Peak | SE 139° | 2,829 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bates Peak | SE 139° | 2,797 m | 23.3 mi |
| Onaqui Benchmark | SSW 200° | 2,786 m | 20.2 mi |
| Farnsworth Peak | SE 136° | 2,760 m | 20.9 mi |
| Farnsworth Peak | SE 136° | 2,755 m | 20.9 mi |
| Peak 8900 aka Davenport South | SSW 198° | 2,713 m | 24.5 mi |
| Peak 8790 | SSW 200° | 2,679 m | 21.5 mi |
| Kesler Peak | SE 134° | 2,666 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:06 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:24 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:22 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 35 | 45 | 52 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 79 | 69 | 54 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Garfield, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356685147
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- Tooele · 25 mi
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