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Bridgeport

Bridgeport from directly overhead

Bridgeport is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,659 m. Mount Lena stands 2,972 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Browns Park Waterfowl Area, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Flaming Gorge - Green River Basin Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.

ghost town in Daggett County, Utah, United States

The record

What the record says

Founded
1902
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.90280, -109.14900

Overlooks nearby

Around it

77 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 51
  • Whisky Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Band Box Butte: 2.3 mi
  • White Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Head of Cottonwood: 2.9 mi
  • Mountain Home: 3.7 mi
Parks: 13
  • Browns Park Waterfowl Management Area: 5.9 mi
  • Clay Basin Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
  • Little Hole Wildlife Management Area: 8.6 mi
  • Edith Aspden Park: 8.9 mi
  • Little Davenport Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Historic sites: 3
  • Doc Parson Place: 2.7 mi
  • Three Corners Monument: 8.5 mi
  • Firefighters Memorial: 15.8 mi
Springs: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Museums: 1
  • John Jarvie Ranch Historic Site (BLM): 1.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • On-Off Falls: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LenaWSW 240°2,972 m16.1 mi
Diamond PeakENE 77°2,946 m14.5 mi
Limber FlagWSW 236°2,895 m18.1 mi
Pine MountainNE 42°2,865 m12.3 mi
Limestone MountainSW 228°2,826 m16.3 mi
Little MountainNNW 329°2,761 m14.5 mi
Kleins HillNE 48°2,755 m8.6 mi
Buck KnollNE 52°2,745 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5319:29
June solstice05:4620:1120:53
September equinox07:0518:3919:15
December solstice07:3916:0816:52

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263140475565726961493626
Precip in0.60.50.51.01.60.90.71.11.11.30.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jarvie RCH, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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