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Bacchus

Bacchus from directly overhead

Bacchus is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,507 m. Lowe Peak stands 3,216 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Tabitha Springs, a spring 0.6 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

ghost town in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

The record

What the record says

Founded
1915
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.66300, -112.09605
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Elk Run Park: 2.0 mi
  • Lamplight Park: 2.1 mi
  • Magna Regional Park: 2.2 mi
  • Moonlight Park: 2.2 mi
  • "The Pit": 2.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Vines of Time: 3.4 mi
  • Mastadon: 7.9 mi
  • Four Dancing Figures: 7.9 mi
  • Bruin Bear: 8.1 mi
  • ATC Monument: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 60
Attractions
  • The "C": 3.6 mi
  • Crazy Corn Maze: 7.5 mi
  • Galatic Tag: 11.1 mi
  • VR Junkies: 11.1 mi
  • Fear Factory: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites
Springs: 58
  • Tabitha Springs: 0.6 mi
  • Maple Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Mud Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Bancroft Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 5.3 mi
Museums: 56
Waterfalls: 13
  • Rocky Mouth Canyon Waterfall: 17.4 mi
  • Ghost Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 18.5 mi
  • Monet Waterfall: 18.5 mi
  • Upper Bells Canyon Waterfall: 19.0 mi
Nature reserves: 11
  • Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 10.6 mi
  • Fife Wetland Preserve: 10.9 mi
  • Carr Fork Wildlife Managment Area: 10.9 mi
  • Mystic Springs Wetland Educational Area: 11.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
Natural arches: 3
  • Hole in the Rock.: 7.8 mi
  • Industrial Arch: 14.2 mi
  • Storm Window Arch: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Saratoga Hot Springs: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Bacchus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lowe PeakSSW 198°3,216 m17.3 mi
Kelsey PeakSSW 203°3,162 m15.9 mi
White Pine PeakSSW 204°3,146 m15.3 mi
South Lowe PeakSSW 197°3,144 m17.5 mi
Rocky PeakSSW 202°3,118 m17.3 mi
Corn Peak (10186)SSW 201°3,105 m17.0 mi
Tooele PeakSSW 209°2,926 m14.5 mi
Butterfield PeaksSSW 197°2,856 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0519:41
June solstice05:5820:2221:04
September equinox07:1718:5119:27
December solstice07:5016:2117:05

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313545526272817969544132
Precip in1.41.41.82.32.41.00.70.71.11.61.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Garfield, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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