Sweet Spot
Sweet Spot is a cliff in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,480 m. Junction Butte stands 1,947 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mineral Bottom, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway passes 9.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1480 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway
- 18.7 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Potash-Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway
- 22.6 mi off the Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shafer Canyon Overlook · 10 mi
- Plateau Overlook · 12 mi
- Rim Overlook · 13 mi
- Big Horn Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mineral Bottom: 0.6 mi
- Fruit Bowl Highline Area: 2.0 mi
- Crocodile Rock: 6.5 mi
- Colonnade Arch: 6.5 mi
- Cliffhanger Bridge: 7.7 mi
- Thracian Mare: 5.2 mi
- Moses: 5.3 mi
- Tank Point: 5.3 mi
- Zeus: 5.3 mi
- Beehive Butte: 6.8 mi
- Horsethief Spring: 2.6 mi
- Holeman Spring: 7.8 mi
- Alcove Spring: 7.9 mi
- Keg Spring: 8.0 mi
- Old Man Spring: 8.1 mi
- White Rim: 11.7 mi
- Black Crack: 11.9 mi
- Black Crack: 11.9 mi
- Black Crack: 11.9 mi
- 85 Foot Dryfall: 16.5 mi
- White Wash Sand Dunes OHV Area: 19.0 mi
- Lions Park: 22.6 mi
- Moab BMX Park: 23.0 mi
- Bullick Cross Creek Park: 23.3 mi
- Swanny City Park: 23.4 mi
- Denis Julien Inscription: 2.5 mi
- Fort Bottom Ruin: 6.0 mi
- False Kiva: 8.2 mi
- Halfway Stage House - Old Stage Coach Station: 18.7 mi
- Farmstead History: 23.0 mi
- Arch: 6.5 mi
- Hey Joe Arch: 9.0 mi
- Tenmile Point Arch: 12.3 mi
- Trigon Arch: 16.6 mi
- Window Arch: 23.1 mi
- Animal sculptures: 20.5 mi
- Moab Mural: 23.6 mi
- Moab Music Festival: 23.6 mi
- Get Your Mind Rolling: 23.6 mi
- Utah Burr: 23.6 mi
- Moab Giants: 18.8 mi
- Interactive Track Museum: 18.8 mi
- Moab Museum: 23.7 mi
- White Rim Overlook Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Scott Matheson Wetlands Preserve: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Sweet Spot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junction Butte | SSE 160° | 1,947 m | 17.6 mi |
| Cleopatras Chair | SSW 199° | 1,938 m | 16.3 mi |
| The Knoll | E 80° | 1,920 m | 10.7 mi |
| Aztec Butte | SSE 147° | 1,918 m | 10.7 mi |
| Clyde Point | SW 217° | 1,887 m | 11.8 mi |
| Whitbeck Rock | E 99° | 1,880 m | 8.5 mi |
| Muffin Butte | SSE 150° | 1,828 m | 11.9 mi |
| Upheaval Point | SSE 158° | 1,805 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 35 | 45 | 51 | 61 | 73 | 79 | 77 | 68 | 54 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canyonlands-the Neck, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9333123965
Day trips start here
- Arches National Park · 25 mi
- Canyonlands National Park · 28 mi
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