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Red Breaks

Red Breaks, seen from above at true elevation

Red Breaks is a cliff in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,707 m. Roger Peak stands 3,078 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Moki Hill, a attraction 1.7 miles away. Journey Through Time Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1707 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.69075, -111.35997

Overlooks nearby

Around it

127 named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 56
  • Moki Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Cosmic Ashtray: 2.5 mi
  • Big Hoodoo: 3.0 mi
  • hoodoo: 3.1 mi
  • White Wave: 3.4 mi
Peaks: 30
  • Aetschi Baetschi Tower: 6.4 mi
  • McGath Point: 11.2 mi
  • White Point: 12.0 mi
  • Boulder Point: 13.5 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 14.2 mi
Springs: 15
  • Cliff Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Emigrant Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Circle Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Coyote Hole: 18.8 mi
  • Red Well: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • Straight Cliffs: 11.0 mi
  • Straight Cliffs: 11.7 mi
  • Straight Cliffs: 11.8 mi
  • Straight Cliffs: 13.7 mi
  • Schoolhouse Ledge: 15.6 mi
Parks: 4
  • Escalante City Park: 14.3 mi
  • Baileys Wash/Eagle View Trail Head: 15.3 mi
  • Boulder Town Park: 15.3 mi
  • Coombs Site: 15.6 mi
Museums: 3
  • Escalante Heritage Center: 12.9 mi
  • Anasazi State Park Museum: 15.6 mi
  • Anasazi State Park Museum: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Day-Use Picnic Site: 7.7 mi
  • Devils Garden: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Old Wagon: 12.9 mi
  • Old bunker: 18.2 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Top Arch: 16.0 mi
  • Upper Muley Twist Arch: 22.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Roger PeakNW 325°3,078 m24.5 mi
The BaldysN 351°3,014 m24.3 mi
Point LookoutN 0°2,896 m22.3 mi
Cons KnollN 7°2,830 m24.7 mi
Canaan PeakWSW 257°2,799 m24.8 mi
Deer MountainN 356°2,746 m21.0 mi
Mount OgdenNNW 335°2,384 m18.5 mi
Impossible PeakNNE 14°2,368 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0319:38
June solstice06:0520:1220:51
September equinox07:1418:4919:24
December solstice07:3816:3017:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313644505969757264534031
Precip in1.00.90.80.40.60.41.01.61.31.30.50.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Escalante, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/653336034

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