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The Great Wall

The Great Wall, seen from above at true elevation

The Great Wall is a cliff in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,382 m. Castle Mountain stands 3,671 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. Potash-Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1382 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.67304, -109.59151

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Little Gothic Arch: 0.7 mi
  • Balanced Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Pothole Arch: 2.7 mi
  • Pothole Arch: 2.8 mi
  • Eye of the Whale Arch: 2.8 mi
Peaks
  • Tower of Babel: 2.3 mi
  • Sheep Rock: 2.4 mi
  • The Organ: 2.6 mi
  • Three Gossips: 2.7 mi
  • Ham Rock: 2.7 mi
Springs: 22
  • Matrimony Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Courthouse Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Kings Bottom Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Brink Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Little Mountain Spring: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • The Great Wall: 0.5 mi
  • Ring Arch: 2.3 mi
  • The Theater: 5.0 mi
  • The Black Wall: 5.5 mi
  • Twisted Doughnut Arch: 6.9 mi
Natural arches: 12
  • Sand Dune Arch: 6.3 mi
  • Tunnel Arch: 7.7 mi
  • Pine Tree Arch: 7.9 mi
  • Landscape Arch: 8.2 mi
  • Navajo Arch: 8.2 mi
Parks: 11
  • Lions Park: 5.0 mi
  • Moose Park: 6.3 mi
  • Swanny City Park: 6.9 mi
  • Moab BMX Park: 7.0 mi
  • Moab Pocket Park: 7.3 mi
Artworks: 5
Historic sites: 5
  • Farmstead History: 7.1 mi
  • Halfway Stage House - Old Stage Coach Station: 8.1 mi
  • Dewey Suspension Bridge: 18.3 mi
  • Denis Julien Inscription: 22.5 mi
  • False Kiva: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Medieval Chamber: 7.1 mi
  • Mille Creek Falls (Left Hand): 8.9 mi
  • "Slytherin Falls": 14.7 mi
  • Faux Falls: 16.5 mi
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
Nature reserves: 1
  • Scott Matheson Wetlands Preserve: 6.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of The Great Wall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle MountainESE 114°3,671 m21.2 mi
La Sal PeakESE 113°3,418 m21.3 mi
Horse MountainESE 115°3,394 m20.2 mi
Gold KnobESE 119°3,368 m19.9 mi
Grand ViewESE 113°3,321 m19.3 mi
Cairn PointESE 103°2,734 m20.4 mi
Fisher PointE 90°2,260 m17.0 mi
Onion PointENE 77°2,070 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:31
June solstice05:5520:0720:47
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3416:1917:01

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F324050576778858273584433
Precip in0.60.60.60.70.70.40.70.90.91.10.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Arches NP HQS, 4 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Arches National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Dec; busiest: May.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356675712

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