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Giles

Giles from directly overhead

Giles is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,355 m. Mount Ellen stands 3,512 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Skyline Rim, a cliff 0.5 miles away. Capitol Reef Country Scenic Byway runs past it.

ghost town in Wayne County, Utah, United States

The record

What the record says

Founded
1883
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.36944, -110.84806

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Steamboat Point: 1.2 mi
  • Blue Point: 3.5 mi
  • Cain Point: 5.7 mi
  • Factory Butte: 5.9 mi
  • Radio Hill: 8.1 mi
Springs: 35
  • Bert Avery Seep: 7.1 mi
  • Seep: 9.0 mi
  • Caine Springs: 11.3 mi
  • Sidehill Springs: 11.6 mi
  • Bugout Bench Spring: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 23
Cliffs: 20
  • Skyline Rim: 0.5 mi
  • Skyline Rim: 1.0 mi
  • Skyline Rim: 1.8 mi
  • Long Dong Silver: 1.9 mi
  • Skyline Rim: 4.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Fremont River Waterfall: 18.0 mi
  • Lower Waterfall: 23.6 mi
  • Middle Waterfall: 24.6 mi
  • Upper Waterfall: 24.7 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Car Ruins: 14.9 mi
  • Miner's Cabin: 16.5 mi
  • Diversion Dam Ruins: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 1
  • Carl's Critter Garden: 7.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Arscenic Arch: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Giles. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount EllenS 174°3,512 m18.1 mi
Mount Ellen PeakS 174°3,495 m17.2 mi
Kimble And Turner PeakS 171°3,388 m21.5 mi
Dry Lakes PeakS 173°3,182 m16.1 mi
Bartons PeakSSE 169°3,034 m21.2 mi
Corral PointS 176°3,002 m19.3 mi
Durfey ButteS 176°2,912 m20.7 mi
Bull MountainSSE 158°2,793 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:36
June solstice06:0120:1220:51
September equinox07:1218:4719:22
December solstice07:3816:2517:07

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293646536373807767534029
Precip in0.40.40.50.40.40.20.70.60.80.90.50.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hanksville, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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