Ghost town · Utah
Ajax
Ajax is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,563 m. Flat Top Mountain stands 3,235 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Historical Marker Faust Pony Express Station, a historic site 4.0 miles away.
ghost town in Tooele County, Utah
What the record says
- Founded
- 1869
How to reach it
Coordinates40.22583, -112.39222
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Stookey Benchmark: 8.1 mi
- Cap Peak: 9.7 mi
- Little Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Sunrise Hill: 10.9 mi
- Eagle Hill: 11.0 mi
Parks
- Southrim Park: 14.7 mi
- White Hills Park: 15.9 mi
- Camp Floyd State Park: 16.0 mi
- Brandon Park Park: 19.7 mi
- Pony Express Memorial Regional Park: 20.1 mi
Springs: 34
- Two Spring: 7.2 mi
- Hellhole Spring: 7.5 mi
- Stookey Spring: 8.7 mi
- Slater Spring: 9.9 mi
- Park Spring: 12.4 mi
Historic sites: 9
- Historical Marker Faust Pony Express Station: 4.0 mi
- Steptoe Historical Marker: 13.7 mi
- Camp Floyd Historic Monument: 15.9 mi
- Our Honored Dead WWI & WWII Memorial: 21.2 mi
- Veterans Monument: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 7
- Mercur: 11.5 mi
- Benmore: 14.8 mi
- Scranton: 15.9 mi
- Knight: 22.1 mi
- Homansville: 23.8 mi
Attractions: 3
- Asylum 49: 21.4 mi
- Tooele Valley Railway Caboose 4: 21.8 mi
- Tooele Valley Railway Engine 11: 21.8 mi
Museums: 2
- Tooele Pioneer Museum: 21.7 mi
- Tintic Mining Museum: 23.6 mi
Artworks: 1
- Tooele T: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Black Point: 22.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Carr Fork Wildlife Managment Area: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Ajax. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | NE 47° | 3,235 m | 14.7 mi |
| Lowe Peak | NE 36° | 3,216 m | 17.2 mi |
| Flat Top Mtn-South Peak | NE 47° | 3,176 m | 14.3 mi |
| Lewiston Peak | NE 48° | 3,161 m | 14.0 mi |
| Vickory Mountain | NW 318° | 3,149 m | 15.9 mi |
| South Lowe Peak | NE 38° | 3,144 m | 17.0 mi |
| Stan | NW 318° | 3,119 m | 15.6 mi |
| Rocky Peak | NNE 33° | 3,118 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:06 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:24 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 38 | 44 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vernon, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Tooele · 22 mi
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