Ghost town · Utah
Clarion
Clarion is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,566 m. Mount Baldy stands 3,328 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Point, a peak 3.4 miles away.
ghost town in Sanpete County, Utah, United States
What the record says
- Founded
- 1911
How to reach it
Coordinates39.12222, -111.88639
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Rocky Point: 3.4 mi
- Chalk Hill: 6.4 mi
- Third Red Knoll: 7.2 mi
- Second Red Knoll: 7.5 mi
- First Red Knoll: 8.0 mi
Parks: 37
- Centerfield City Park: 3.8 mi
- Gunnison City Park: 4.4 mi
- Redmond City Park: 8.1 mi
- Mayfield Park: 9.5 mi
- Willow Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Redmond Veterans Memorial: 8.1 mi
- DUP Monument: 17.1 mi
- "The Old Fort": 23.0 mi
- Pointless Monument: 23.3 mi
Museums: 4
- truck museum: 11.6 mi
- Miss Mary's Museum: 11.7 mi
- Ephraim Heritage Museum: 23.0 mi
- Granary Arts: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
- The Caterpillar: 7.4 mi
- White Ledges: 17.9 mi
- Purgatory: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Dover: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 1
- Grove of the Aspen Giants Scenic Area: 19.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Shingle Mill Spring: 22.0 mi
Artworks: 1
- Snow Sculture: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Clarion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baldy | E 89° | 3,328 m | 20.2 mi |
| High Top | E 84° | 3,324 m | 21.5 mi |
| Marys Nipple | ESE 110° | 3,311 m | 17.6 mi |
| Block Mountain | E 99° | 3,289 m | 21.7 mi |
| Pioneer Peak | WSW 240° | 3,088 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mount Catherine | WSW 242° | 3,051 m | 18.8 mi |
| Jacks Peak | WSW 237° | 3,040 m | 16.2 mi |
| Coffee Peak | WSW 252° | 3,038 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:18 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:27 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 32 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 67 | 75 | 73 | 63 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scipio, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Gunnison · 4 mi
- Yuba Lake State Park · 10 mi
- Salina · 12 mi
- Central Utah · 22 mi
- Fillmore · 26 mi
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