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Bingham Canyon

Bingham Canyon from directly overhead

Bingham Canyon is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,887 m. Flat Top Mountain stands 3,235 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Curry Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

ghost town in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

The record

What the record says

Founded
1863
Getting there

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Coordinates40.55833, -112.13056
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Curry Peak: 1.2 mi
  • Freeman Peak: 2.0 mi
  • Peak 8441: 2.5 mi
  • Markham Peak: 2.7 mi
  • Peak 8252: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Copperton Park: 1.7 mi
  • Playhouse Park: 4.1 mi
  • The Spoke: 4.7 mi
  • Skyward Park: 4.7 mi
  • Neighborhood Park: 4.8 mi
Artworks
  • Todem Power Poles: 6.1 mi
  • Arches: 6.1 mi
  • Guitar: 6.3 mi
  • Tooele T: 6.6 mi
  • Metal Barrel: 6.7 mi
Gardens: 60
  • Community Gardens: 6.6 mi
  • Liberty Landing Round about Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Crosstowwer Community Garden: 9.8 mi
  • USU Extension Community Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Magna Community Garden: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites
  • Outdoor Eating at Cyprus Credit Union: 8.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Wheeler Farm: 14.9 mi
  • Riverbend Picnic Site and Grills: 16.7 mi
  • Riverside Picnic: 16.7 mi
Attractions: 58
Springs: 53
  • Bancroft Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Mud Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Maple Spring: 6.9 mi
Museums: 38
  • Tooele Pioneer Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Gale Center: 10.2 mi
  • West Jordan Historical Society: 10.3 mi
  • Magna Mining Museum: 10.6 mi
  • Automotive Addiction: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Monet Waterfall: 14.3 mi
  • Ghost Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Rocky Mouth Canyon Waterfall: 17.2 mi
  • Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 18.9 mi
  • Upper Bells Canyon Waterfall: 19.4 mi
Nature reserves: 10
  • Carr Fork Wildlife Managment Area: 6.1 mi
  • Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
  • South Jordan City Southeast Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 11.4 mi
  • Mystic Springs Wetland Educational Area: 11.5 mi
  • Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Hole in the Rock.: 10.2 mi
  • Storm Window Arch: 17.1 mi
  • Industrial Arch: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Saratoga Hot Springs: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Bingham Canyon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flat Top MountainSSW 193°3,235 m13.2 mi
Lowe PeakSSW 201°3,216 m9.8 mi
Flat Top Mtn-South PeakSSW 194°3,176 m13.6 mi
Kelsey PeakSSW 211°3,162 m8.6 mi
Lewiston PeakSSW 194°3,161 m14.1 mi
White Pine PeakSSW 213°3,146 m8.1 mi
South Lowe PeakSSW 200°3,144 m10.1 mi
Rocky PeakSSW 208°3,118 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0519:41
June solstice05:5920:2221:03
September equinox07:1718:5119:27
December solstice07:4916:2217:05

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303443495969787666523930
Precip in1.51.72.22.32.41.00.80.71.11.51.61.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tooele, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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