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Tombstone

Tombstone, seen from above at true elevation

Tombstone is a cliff in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,365 m. Mount Tukuhnikivatz stands 3,810 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cable Rock, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Potash-Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1365 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.53004, -109.59344

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Cable Rock: 0.6 mi
  • Funnel Arch: 0.6 mi
  • Birthing Scene Petroglyph Panel: 0.8 mi
  • Potash Road Petroglyphs: 1.1 mi
  • Longbow Arch: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Moonlight Spire: 2.0 mi
  • The Portal: 3.0 mi
  • Lion's Back: 4.8 mi
  • Three Penguins: 6.3 mi
  • Flat Iron Point: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 22
  • Wall Street: 1.3 mi
  • Wall Street: 2.4 mi
  • Scorched Earth Wall: 2.8 mi
  • Ring Arch: 8.4 mi
  • The Great Wall: 9.4 mi
Springs: 22
  • Kings Bottom Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Matrimony Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Dripping Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Kane Springs: 12.1 mi
  • Neck Spring: 13.9 mi
Natural arches: 12
  • Window Arch: 2.3 mi
  • Trigon Arch: 4.8 mi
  • Sand Dune Arch: 16.2 mi
  • Tunnel Arch: 17.6 mi
  • Pine Tree Arch: 17.8 mi
Parks: 11
  • Moab BMX Park: 3.5 mi
  • Bullick Cross Creek Park: 3.5 mi
  • Moab Pocket Park: 3.7 mi
  • Robin Groff Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
  • Rotary Park: 3.9 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Farmstead History: 3.4 mi
  • Halfway Stage House - Old Stage Coach Station: 14.8 mi
  • False Kiva: 19.2 mi
  • Denis Julien Inscription: 21.2 mi
  • Fort Bottom Ruin: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Mille Creek Falls (Left Hand): 5.4 mi
  • Medieval Chamber: 6.3 mi
  • Faux Falls: 10.4 mi
  • "Slytherin Falls": 17.2 mi
  • Indian Creek Fall: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 1
  • Scott Matheson Wetlands Preserve: 3.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Tombstone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TukuhnikivatzESE 109°3,810 m19.1 mi
Mount WaasE 88°3,751 m19.8 mi
Pilot MountainE 90°3,719 m19.4 mi
Green MountainE 89°3,707 m19.4 mi
Little TukESE 108°3,672 m18.7 mi
Castle MountainE 86°3,671 m19.5 mi
Haystack MountainE 96°3,546 m18.8 mi
La Sal PeakE 86°3,418 m19.7 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 solstice07:3316:2017:01

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F324050576776838071584433
Precip in0.60.70.70.80.80.30.90.90.91.00.70.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moab, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9333123966

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