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Hite

Hite from directly overhead

Hite is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,129 m. Mount Pennell stands 3,471 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is The Horn, a peak 2.4 miles away. Bicentennial Highway passes 4.6 miles off.

Ghost town in Garfield County, Utah

The record

What the record says

Founded
1881
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.80750, -110.44000

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • The Horn: 2.4 mi
  • Trachyte Point: 3.0 mi
  • Hite Point: 3.7 mi
  • Castle Butte: 5.3 mi
  • Red Monument: 5.4 mi
Springs: 51
  • Coldwater Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Dripping Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Hole Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Maidenwater Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Ticaboo Shelf Spring: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Hoskinnini Monument: 3.9 mi
  • Hite Marina: 5.2 mi
  • Ducket Arch: 10.2 mi
  • Big Arrowhead Arch: 10.4 mi
  • The Grotto: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 1
  • Fry Canyon Ruins: 18.9 mi
Parks: 1
  • Fry Canyon Store and RV Park: 19.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Arscenic Arch: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Hite. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PennellWNW 298°3,471 m21.7 mi
Mount HillersWNW 292°3,259 m15.1 mi
Cass Creek PeakWNW 295°2,853 m16.3 mi
Mount EllsworthWSW 247°2,504 m10.7 mi
Browns KnollWNW 299°2,488 m18.7 mi
Bulldog PeakWNW 295°2,480 m18.1 mi
Mount HolmesW 265°2,373 m7.8 mi
Hogback PointWNW 301°2,349 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5919:34
June solstice06:0120:0920:48
September equinox07:1018:4619:20
December solstice07:3416:2617:07

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384452607081888576624838
Precip in0.90.70.70.50.60.30.80.81.01.10.50.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hite RS, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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