Ghost town · Utah
Iosepa
Iosepa is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,369 m. Deseret Peak stands 3,362 m to the southeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Iosepa Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
ghost town in Tooele County, Utah, United States
What the record says
- Founded
- 1889
How to reach it
Coordinates40.54190, -112.73400
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Salt Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Round Knoll: 5.0 mi
- North Pass Canyon Peak: 5.7 mi
- Peak 8900 aka Davenport South: 5.8 mi
- South Pass Canyon Peak: 5.8 mi
Parks: 44
- Lincoln Highway Memorial Park: 13.9 mi
- Grantsville Fort Historic Marker: 14.3 mi
- Grantsville Hollywood Park: 14.7 mi
- Grantsville City Park: 14.9 mi
- LDS Stake Park: 14.9 mi
Springs: 40
- Chokecherry Spring: 3.7 mi
- Davenport Canyon Spring: 6.3 mi
- Muskrat Spring: 7.0 mi
- Pope Canyon Spring: 8.1 mi
- Coal Pit Spring: 8.6 mi
Historic sites: 9
- Iosepa Monument: 0.0 mi
- Abandoned School Bus: 15.2 mi
- Steptoe Historical Marker: 20.2 mi
- Veteran Suicide Monument: 22.8 mi
- Veterans Monument: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 3
- Asylum 49: 23.1 mi
- Tooele Valley Railway Caboose 4: 23.4 mi
- Tooele Valley Railway Engine 11: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Poverty Point: 18.0 mi
- Dead Cow Point: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Grassy Mountain West Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Grassy Mountain East Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Artworks: 1
- Pink Playa Shark: 21.0 mi
Museums: 1
- Tooele Pioneer Museum: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 1
- USU Extension Community Garden: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Iosepa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deseret Peak | SE 135° | 3,362.2 m | 8.0 mi |
| South Medina | SE 125° | 3,256.8 m | 6.7 mi |
| East Deseret Peak | SE 134° | 3,253.4 m | 8.4 mi |
| North Deseret Peak | SE 134° | 3,208 m | 7.6 mi |
| North Medina | ESE 120° | 3,206.8 m | 6.4 mi |
| Vickory Mountain | SE 144° | 3,148.6 m | 12.5 mi |
| Stan | SE 144° | 3,119 m | 12.7 mi |
| Stansbury-Box Elder Peak | SE 133° | 3,118.1 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:07 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:25 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:24 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 33 | 42 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 78 | 76 | 64 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grantsville 2W, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Tooele · 23 mi
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