Orange Cliffs
Orange Cliffs is a cliff in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,592 m. Lands End stands 2,171 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Outlaw Spring, a spring 2.1 miles away. Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1592 m
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway
- 22.1 mi off the Indian Creek Scenic Byway
- 27.5 mi off the Bicentennial Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Shafer Canyon Overlook · 21 mi
- Shafer Canyon Overlook · 25 mi
- Dead Horse Point · 25 mi
- Meander Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Observation Rock: 2.9 mi
- Cleopatras Chair: 3.2 mi
- Corral Point: 6.6 mi
- Buttes of the Cross: 6.8 mi
- Clyde Point: 7.1 mi
- Arch: 2.3 mi
- Magnus Arch: 10.2 mi
- The Wall: 10.6 mi
- Cave Arch: 10.6 mi
- Chimney Rock: 11.3 mi
- Outlaw Spring: 2.1 mi
- Burro Seep: 2.6 mi
- French Spring: 3.7 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 5.3 mi
- Trail Spring: 5.7 mi
- 85 Foot Dryfall: 9.8 mi
- White Rim: 10.0 mi
- Black Crack: 11.6 mi
- Black Crack: 11.7 mi
- Black Crack: 11.7 mi
- Fort Bottom Ruin: 12.4 mi
- False Kiva: 14.8 mi
- Denis Julien Inscription: 20.6 mi
- Farmhouse Ruin: 22.7 mi
- Tower Ruin: 23.6 mi
- Canyonlands National Park: 11.9 mi
- White Rim Overlook Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Lower Jump: 20.0 mi
- Arch: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Orange Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lands End | S 178° | 2,171 m | 13.0 mi |
| North Block | SSW 193° | 2,146 m | 17.5 mi |
| Cataract Point | S 190° | 2,129 m | 19.7 mi |
| Observation Rock | S 186° | 2,044 m | 2.9 mi |
| The Block | SSW 197° | 2,043 m | 18.8 mi |
| The Hat | SSW 197° | 2,031 m | 10.2 mi |
| Gunsight Butte | S 190° | 2,025 m | 15.8 mi |
| Bagpipe Butte | S 172° | 2,008 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:23 | 17:04 |
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 | 28 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 58 | 70 | 76 | 73 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hans Flat RS, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356673815
Day trips start here
- Canyonlands National Park · 22 mi
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