The Highleap
The Highleap is a cliff in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 2,725 m. Brian Head stands 3,443 m to the north-northeast, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Breaks, a peak 1.0 miles away. Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2725 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway
- 0.9 mi off the Scenic Byway 143 - Utah's Patchwork Parkway, National
- 4.3 mi off the Markaquant High Plateau Scenic Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Mt Carmel Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- North View Overlook · 1 mi
- Chessmen Ridge Overlook · 1 mi
- Sunset View Overlook · 2 mi
- Point Supreme Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Breaks: 1.0 mi
- Meadow Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mammoth Summit: 1.4 mi
- The Bartizan: 2.3 mi
- Point Supreme: 2.3 mi
- Lundale Spring: 4.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 4.1 mi
- Olsen Spring: 8.0 mi
- Boy Scout Spring: 8.0 mi
- Navajo Lake Spring: 8.4 mi
- Bristlecone Park: 3.0 mi
- Wood Ranch Recreational Area: 5.4 mi
- Parowan Front Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
- Ann J. Gardner Canyon Park: 11.6 mi
- Veterans Park: 11.8 mi
- Alpine Pond: 1.3 mi
- Square Arch: 2.0 mi
- Cedar Breaks National Monument Visitor Center: 2.4 mi
- Bristlecone Park: 3.0 mi
- Kane County Highpoint: 7.3 mi
- Wasatch Rampart: 2.4 mi
- Strawberry Point: 9.0 mi
- Graff Point: 15.9 mi
- Lee Point: 16.5 mi
- Millet Point: 16.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Creek Waterfall: 3.5 mi
- Lake Creek Waterfall: 3.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 11.1 mi
- 2nd Falls End of Hike: 18.3 mi
- Lower Kanarra Falls: 18.5 mi
- Brian the Bear: 3.0 mi
- Fred C. Adams: 12.2 mi
- Ellen (Nellie) Purcell Unthank: 12.4 mi
- The Centurium: 12.7 mi
- Old Sorrel: 12.7 mi
- Lowder Family Cabins: 3.4 mi
- Hwy 14 waypoint: 3.7 mi
- Deseret Iron Works: 12.1 mi
- Henry Lunt Roadside Park: 23.8 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 23.9 mi
- Frontier Homestead State Park Museum: 12.3 mi
- Southern Utah Museum of Art: 12.3 mi
- Parowan's Old Rock Church: 13.4 mi
- The Museum of Composite Propellant Hobby Rocketry: 13.7 mi
- Hatch Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum: 22.3 mi
- Kanarraville South Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Kanarraville North Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Shingle Creek Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Lunt Park North Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Bartizan Arch: 2.4 mi
- Double Arch Alcove: 21.8 mi
- Student Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- SUU Native Plant Center: 12.9 mi
- Asay: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of The Highleap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Head | NNE 17° | 3,443 m | 2.4 mi |
| Sidney Peaks | NNE 34° | 3,308 m | 4.5 mi |
| Blowhard Mountain | SSW 194° | 3,224 m | 3.8 mi |
| Horse Valley Peak | NE 37° | 3,223 m | 12.4 mi |
| Hancock Peak | ESE 101° | 3,222 m | 4.6 mi |
| Navajo Point | NNW 337° | 3,221 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mammoth Summit | NNE 14° | 3,184 m | 1.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | SW 224° | 3,159 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:18 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:36 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 30 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 59 | 58 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedar Breaks NM, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356680141
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- Zion National Park · 27 mi
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