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Coal City

Coal City from directly overhead

Coal City is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,174 m. Lowry Top stands 3,396 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Gordon Creek Wildlife Management Area, a park 2.0 miles away. Energy Loop Huntington & Eccles Canyon passes 7.3 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

human settlement in Carbon County, Utah, United States of America

What the record says

Founded
1885

How to reach it

Coordinates39.66670, -111.01600

100 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 32
  • The Elbow: 6.1 mi
  • Pinnacle Peak: 8.4 mi
  • Monument Peak: 9.3 mi
  • Star Point: 9.7 mi
  • Gentry Mountain: 10.9 mi
Parks: 23
  • Gordon Creek Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
  • Price Canyon Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
  • Spring Glen Park: 8.7 mi
  • Historic Helper Main Street Park: 8.7 mi
  • City Park: 9.0 mi
Ghost towns: 23
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 5
Attractions: 5
  • Historic CONOCO Station: 8.6 mi
  • Mammoth Discovery Site: 14.1 mi
  • Nine Mile Canyon Kiosk: 19.4 mi
  • Clear Creek Canyon: 21.2 mi
  • Old Locomotive 453: 22.3 mi
Historic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • Gordan Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Mill Canyon Spring: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Jesus Christ: 8.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lowry TopSW 224°3,396 m23.2 mi
East MountainSW 219°3,272 m17.0 mi
Monument PeakWSW 247°3,176 m9.3 mi
Candland MountainSW 236°3,153 m12.5 mi
Seeley MountainSW 224°3,145 m15.4 mi
TowheadWSW 249°3,129 m17.1 mi
Knob MountainSW 233°3,092 m24.3 mi
Gentry MountainSSW 206°3,082 m10.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:36
June solstice05:5720:1520:56
September equinox07:1218:4719:23
December solstice07:4216:2117:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222329344453615951402921
Precip in3.02.72.42.71.91.01.51.61.91.92.32.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scofield-skyline Mine, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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