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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 1,948 m. Black Butte stands 2,911 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Corral Spring, a spring 1.7 miles away. Mt Carmel Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1948 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.28248, -112.30409

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Carly Knoll: 2.3 mi
  • Table Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Jodys Knoll: 3.0 mi
  • Black Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Mark Point: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 50
  • Lick Wash Trailhead: 8.5 mi
  • Lefevre Cabin: 9.8 mi
  • Great Chamber: 10.7 mi
  • Inchworm Arch: 11.9 mi
  • Yovimpa Point: 13.6 mi
Springs: 43
  • Old Corral Spring: 1.7 mi
  • First Point Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Sand Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Fuller Spring: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 17
Ghost towns: 5
Museums: 5
Parks: 4
  • Crocodile Staging Area: 10.8 mi
  • Kanab City Park: 19.9 mi
  • Levi Steward Memorial Park: 20.5 mi
  • Coral Pink Sand Dunes BLM Open OHV Area: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Starlight Arch: 16.9 mi
  • Buckskin Gulch Arch: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • The Falls: 10.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Gunsmoke Movie Set: 12.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Catstair Canyon Detroit Riprap: 21.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Red Breaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black ButteN 353°2,911 m19.5 mi
Rainbow PointNNE 15°2,778 m13.8 mi
Don Spring MountainNNW 341°2,771 m16.2 mi
George MountainNNW 345°2,750 m18.3 mi
Buck KnollN 3°2,626 m18.0 mi
Noon Canyon ButteNNE 12°2,567 m19.2 mi
Mud Canyon ButteNNE 13°2,540 m20.1 mi
Swamp Canyon ButteNNE 14°2,533 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:41
June solstice06:1020:1520:54
September equinox07:1818:5319:28
December solstice07:4016:3517:16

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138455262686759493829
Precip in2.02.11.50.80.90.41.21.91.71.81.21.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alton, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356673926

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