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Blue Creek

Blue Creek from directly overhead

Blue Creek is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,433 m. Gunsight Peak stands 2,493 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Anderson Hill, a peak 3.2 miles away. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States

The record

What the record says

Founded
1869
Getting there

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Coordinates41.86222, -112.45694
Around it

61 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 26
Parks: 11
  • Landmark Letters Branch: 14.9 mi
  • Jeanie Stevens Park: 17.2 mi
  • Harris Park: 17.7 mi
  • Shuman Park: 18.1 mi
  • Midland Square: 18.2 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Rocket Exhibit: 14.1 mi
  • Golden Spike National Historical Park Engine House Public Viewing: 17.4 mi
  • Box Elder County Fairgrounds: 17.4 mi
  • Golden Spike Locomotive Run: 17.6 mi
  • Camp Victory Site: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Golden Spike: 17.6 mi
  • Monument to Their Memory: 17.6 mi
  • Martin Harris Memorial Burial Site: 22.0 mi
Museums: 3
  • Golden Spike National Historic Park Visitor Center: 17.6 mi
  • Bear River Valley Museum: 18.2 mi
  • Oneida Pioneer Museum: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Springs: 2
  • Walter Ahern Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Tom Muir Spring: 24.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Chinese Arch: 15.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gunsight PeakENE 76°2,493 m17.5 mi
Clarkston MountainENE 74°2,441 m17.8 mi
Sheep Dip MountainENE 58°2,147 m17.8 mi
Sheep Dip MountainENE 58°2,133 m17.8 mi
Red KnollNE 41°2,073 m23.6 mi
Chocolate PeakESE 115°1,977 m21.8 mi
Limekiln KnollNE 37°1,942 m8.9 mi
Thatcher MountainSSE 154°1,901 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0519:42
June solstice05:5620:2721:09
September equinox07:1818:5219:29
December solstice07:5516:1817:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212536435364727160453323
Precip in1.41.01.21.11.81.10.60.81.01.10.71.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Thiokol Propulsion F S, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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