Kayenta Desert Arboretum
Kayenta Desert Arboretum is a garden in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 957 m. Signal Peak stands 3,159 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fire Lake Park at Ivins Reservoir, a park 0.5 miles away. Zion Park Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Kayenta Art Village
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Zion Park Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Fire Lake Park at Ivins Reservoir: 0.5 mi
- Ivins City Park: 1.7 mi
- UNITY Park: 1.9 mi
- Mojave Estates Park: 2.1 mi
- Rocky Point Park: 2.3 mi
- Land Hill: 2.7 mi
- South Black Rocks: 3.5 mi
- North Black Rocks: 3.6 mi
- South Black Rocks: 3.9 mi
- South Hills: 4.3 mi
- Camp Spring: 4.0 mi
- Miller Spring: 5.8 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 6.6 mi
- Pahcoon Spring: 7.7 mi
- Cave Spring: 8.0 mi
- Petroglyphs: 2.0 mi
- Johnson Arch: 4.0 mi
- St. George Narrows: 8.5 mi
- Virgin River Fish Viewing Area: 8.7 mi
- Dinosaur Track Site: 11.4 mi
- West Canyon Cliff: 3.3 mi
- Turtle Wall: 5.7 mi
- Chuckwalla Wall: 6.3 mi
- Red Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Arch Wall: 9.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
- Brigham Young Winter Home: 8.3 mi
- Encampment Mall Monument: 9.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.5 mi
- The Granery: 11.5 mi
- Jacob Hamblin House: 4.2 mi
- Santa Clara Historical Society Archive and Museum: 4.5 mi
- Samuel R. Knight Santa Clara History Museum: 5.1 mi
- St. George Art Museum: 8.4 mi
- McQuarrie Memorial Pioneer DUP Museum: 8.5 mi
- Whitaker Wind Sculptures: 1.7 mi
- Heritage Sculpture: 1.7 mi
- Eagle Freedom Monument: 2.0 mi
- Shivwits S: 2.6 mi
- "The Mustangs" Roundabout: 3.7 mi
- Lower Galoot Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Upper Galoot Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Red Hills Desert Garden: 8.7 mi
- The Garden: 9.4 mi
- Harrisburg: 17.3 mi
- Silver Reef: 19.2 mi
- Santa Clara River Reserve: 4.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Kayenta Desert Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Peak | NE 51° | 3,159 m | 15.1 mi |
| Burger Peak | NE 49° | 3,130 m | 14.9 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | NE 35° | 2,770 m | 14.9 mi |
| Trail Peak | NE 56° | 2,525 m | 15.4 mi |
| West Mountain Peak | WSW 259° | 2,346 m | 9.9 mi |
| Grass Knoll | NE 50° | 2,224 m | 11.6 mi |
| Square Top Mountain | NW 318° | 2,150 m | 14.8 mi |
| Red Knoll | NE 42° | 2,129 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:20 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:41 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 71 | 80 | 87 | 85 | 77 | 63 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST George, 7 mi away.
- sand sagebrush60 obs
- Mojave Desert Tortoise35 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard32 obs
- Greater Roadrunner29 obs
- Plains Pricklypear25 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad23 obs
- Creosote Bush18 obs
- Relict Hedgehog Cactus18 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13721435045
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