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Red Cliff

Red Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

Red Cliff is a cliff in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,984 m. Mount Nebo stands 3,636 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Hawk, a peak 0.5 miles away. Energy Loop Huntington & Eccles Canyon passes 10 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1984 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.78996, -111.45213

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Black Hawk: 0.5 mi
  • Bone Yard: 3.8 mi
  • Browns Peak: 4.0 mi
  • Cedar Knoll: 5.6 mi
  • Mount Baldy: 7.0 mi
Parks
  • Lasson Draw Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
  • Spencer Fork Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
  • Hilltop Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
  • Jackson Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
  • Iven R. Cox Lions Park: 11.3 mi
Springs: 33
  • Slab Pile Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Buggy Wheel Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Little Bear Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Pine Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Pine Spring: 10.7 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Given Family Massacre: 3.2 mi
  • Settlement of Fairview: 11.3 mi
  • Veteran's memorial: 21.5 mi
  • Spring CIty Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Steam Engine Boiler: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Picnic sites: 8
  • A1: 16.2 mi
  • A4: 16.3 mi
  • A7: 16.3 mi
  • B1: 16.4 mi
  • Site 9: 17.4 mi
Museums: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Devil's Kitchen: 12.5 mi
  • Clear Creek Canyon: 16.1 mi
  • Old Locomotive 453: 16.7 mi
  • Mammoth Discovery Site: 17.4 mi
  • Spanish Fork Cross: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Salt Creek Canyon Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Double Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Grotto Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Dryfall: 20.3 mi
  • Ford Falls: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Magnus Arch: 14.5 mi
  • Diamond Arch: 20.2 mi
  • Maple Arch: 20.7 mi
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Red Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboW 278°3,635.6 m16.5 mi
South Nebo PeakW 275°3,620.1 m16.7 mi
Middle Nebo PeakW 276°3,603.9 m16.7 mi
North PeakWNW 282°3,405.8 m16.1 mi
Bald MountainWNW 291°3,317 m17.3 mi
Santaquin PeakNW 326°3,248 m16.2 mi
Loafer MountainNNW 326°3,216 m15.6 mi
Monument PeakSE 130°3,176 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0219:38
June solstice05:5920:1820:58
September equinox07:1418:4919:25
December solstice07:4416:2217:05

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222329344453615951402921
Precip in3.02.72.42.71.91.01.51.61.91.92.32.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scofield-skyline Mine, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356673931

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