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Bountiful Temple Underground Garden

Bountiful Temple Underground Garden from directly overhead

Bountiful Temple Underground Garden is a garden in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,570 m. Gobblers Knob stands 3,115 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Echo Peak Memorial Benches, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Permitted
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.88355, -111.84678
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Eggett Park: 0.2 mi
  • Tolman Park: 0.7 mi
  • Mueller Park West: 1.2 mi
  • Creekside Park: 1.2 mi
  • Twin Hollow Park: 1.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Mueller Park: 1.6 mi
  • Group Site 17: 1.8 mi
  • Group Site 18: 1.8 mi
  • Group Site 19: 1.8 mi
  • 27 - Community Service: 4.7 mi
Museums
  • Bountiful Historical Museum: 1.9 mi
  • The Whitaker: Centerville's Heritage Museum: 3.0 mi
  • City of Farmington Museum: 7.1 mi
  • Telephone Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Miniature Circus / Toy & Doll Museum: 7.3 mi
Peaks
  • Cave Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Jeep Benchmark: 3.6 mi
  • Dude Benchmark: 3.7 mi
  • Sessions Mountain (west): 4.2 mi
  • Grandview Peak: 5.4 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens: 53
Springs: 45
  • Enoch Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Indian Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Baskin Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Wagner Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Emigration Tunnel Spring: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Waterfalls: 12
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
Beaches: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Industrial Arch: 6.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Bountiful Temple Underground Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gobblers KnobSSE 150°3,115 m17.0 mi
Mount RaymondSSE 154°3,108 m17.3 mi
Wilson PeakSSE 148°3,033 m17.1 mi
Wildcat RidgeSSE 160°2,981 m16.5 mi
South Thayne PeakSSE 157°2,980 m16.4 mi
Mount Olympus EastSSE 161°2,979 m16.7 mi
Thurston PeakN 359°2,954 m13.7 mi
Francis PeakN 2°2,904 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5720:2221:03
September equinox07:1618:5019:26
December solstice07:4916:1917:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293442485867777465513930
Precip in2.92.63.23.73.01.40.71.01.62.22.52.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bountiful Bench, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Glacier Lily53 obs
  • Mule Deer39 obs
  • bigtooth maple31 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider27 obs
  • Wild Turkey25 obs
  • white fir25 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle23 obs
  • creeping mahonia23 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8033270388

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