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Barro

Barro from directly overhead

Barro is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,287 m. Silver Island stands 2,269 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Metaphor: The Tree of Utah, a artwork 3.3 miles away. 21 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

ghost town in Utah, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72694, -113.48889

21 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 11
  • Floating Island: 15.2 mi
  • Kittycat Mountain: 16.3 mi
  • Grayback Hills: 17.9 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 19.9 mi
  • Cobb Peak: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Salt Flats Rest Area, I-80 Westbound: 19.0 mi
  • Salt Flats Rest Area, I-80 Eastbound: 19.3 mi
  • Grassy Mountain East Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Bonneville Salt Flats: 10.1 mi
  • Bonneville Salt Lakes: 21.5 mi
Artworks: 1
Parks: 1
  • Bonneville Salt Flats State Park: 15.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Bonneville State Park: 19.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Barro. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver IslandNW 315°2,269 m22.1 mi
Campbell PeakNW 311°2,050 m22.1 mi
Graham PeakNW 315°2,036 m22.1 mi
Jenkins PeakNW 305°2,021 m21.5 mi
Cobb PeakNW 322°2,001 m20.6 mi
Tetzlaff PeakWNW 289°1,894 m23.2 mi
Lamus PeakWNW 301°1,799 m21.1 mi
Wildcat MountainSSE 149°1,594 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1019:46
June solstice06:0420:2821:09
September equinox07:2218:5719:33
December solstice07:5516:2717:10

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273443516171807766523728
Precip in0.30.20.30.40.60.30.20.20.50.30.20.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wendover AP Awos, 29 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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