Ghost town · Utah
Dover
Dover is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,548 m. Mount Baldy stands 3,328 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is The Caterpillar, a cliff 4.2 miles away.
ghost town in Sanpete County, Utah
What the record says
- Founded
- 1877
How to reach it
Coordinates39.20750, -111.89600
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Rocky Point: 4.7 mi
- Chalk Hill: 7.7 mi
- Indian Knoll: 10.0 mi
- Long Knoll: 10.1 mi
- Dairy Knoll: 11.2 mi
Parks: 38
- Gunnison City Park: 5.3 mi
- Centerfield City Park: 7.1 mi
- Yuba State Park: 10.5 mi
- South Neba Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- Mayfield Park: 11.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
- The Caterpillar: 4.2 mi
- White Ledges: 17.9 mi
- Devils Twist: 24.2 mi
- Flat Iron Point: 24.5 mi
- Enoch Point: 24.6 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Redmond Veterans Memorial: 14.0 mi
- DUP Monument: 14.7 mi
- "The Old Fort": 19.7 mi
- Pointless Monument: 20.2 mi
Museums: 4
- truck museum: 17.5 mi
- Miss Mary's Museum: 17.6 mi
- Ephraim Heritage Museum: 19.6 mi
- Granary Arts: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Clarion: 5.9 mi
- Juab: 21.7 mi
- Chicken Creek: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 1
- Snow Sculture: 19.8 mi
Attractions: 1
- Grove of the Aspen Giants Scenic Area: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Dover. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baldy | ESE 105° | 3,328 m | 21.4 mi |
| Marys Nipple | SE 125° | 3,311 m | 20.8 mi |
| Black Mountain | E 98° | 3,129 m | 19.8 mi |
| Pioneer Peak | SW 225° | 3,088 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mount Catherine | SW 228° | 3,051 m | 21.8 mi |
| Jacks Peak | SW 222° | 3,040 m | 19.7 mi |
| Coffee Peak | SW 232° | 3,038 m | 16.5 mi |
| Willow Creek Peak | SW 217° | 2,974 m | 20.3 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 | 16:26 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Yuba Lake State Park · 4 mi
- Gunnison · 6 mi
- Salina · 18 mi
- Central Utah · 23 mi
- Fillmore · 29 mi
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