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Point Lookout

Point Lookout, seen from above at true elevation

Point Lookout is a cliff in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,351 m. Box Elder Peak stands 2,855 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Point Lookout Mountains, a peak 2.2 miles away. Logan Canyon Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1351 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.71548, -112.22773
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Point Lookout Mountains: 2.2 mi
  • Jesses Knoll: 5.6 mi
  • Thatcher Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Little Mountain: 8.0 mi
  • Chocolate Peak: 8.0 mi
Parks
  • Jeanie Stevens Park: 2.3 mi
  • Harris Park: 2.8 mi
  • Meadow Park: 2.9 mi
  • Midland Square: 3.1 mi
  • Shuman Park: 3.2 mi
Artworks: 47
Historic sites: 20
  • Call's Fort Monument: 11.5 mi
  • Mendon War Memorial: 12.6 mi
  • Wellsville Veterans' Memorial: 16.2 mi
  • Martin Harris Memorial Burial Site: 17.8 mi
  • Monument to Their Memory: 18.0 mi
Springs: 11
  • Walter Ahern Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Tom Muir Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Olsens Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Hallings Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 20.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
Museums: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Day Use FF: 20.8 mi
  • Day Use FF: 20.9 mi
  • Day Use Site 20/21: 21.0 mi
  • Day Use Site 22: 21.0 mi
  • SLC Bonfire Ring: 22.1 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Box Elder County Fairgrounds: 2.3 mi
  • Rocket Exhibit: 11.7 mi
  • Golden Spike National Historical Park Engine House Public Viewing: 17.6 mi
  • Golden Spike Locomotive Run: 18.0 mi
  • Camp Victory Site: 23.5 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Hope Community Garden: 19.9 mi
  • Nuwuh Boheep: 20.3 mi
  • Permaculture Garden: 22.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Chinese Arch: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Easter Falls: 17.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Eagle Beach: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Point Lookout. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Box Elder PeakESE 117°2,855 m12.3 mi
Wellsville ConeESE 114°2,850 m12.1 mi
Mendon PeakESE 102°2,671 m10.4 mi
Little BaldyE 91°2,671 m24.6 mi
Grizzly PeakSSE 148°2,662 m23.5 mi
Scout PeakESE 105°2,649 m10.7 mi
Mitton PeakESE 122°2,633 m13.2 mi
Bob Stewart PeakESE 112°2,628 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0519:41
June solstice05:5520:2621:08
September equinox07:1718:5119:28
December solstice07:5416:1717:02

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283243495867777565513929
Precip in2.11.51.31.42.01.20.60.71.11.51.01.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tremonton, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356673869

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