Ghost town · Utah
McCornick
McCornick is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,446 m. Pioneer Peak stands 3,088 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Knobby, a peak 5.7 miles away. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.
ghost town in Millard County, Utah, United States
What the record says
- Founded
- 1919
How to reach it
Coordinates39.21556, -112.40833
73 named places within 25 miles
Peaks: 37
- Knobby: 5.7 mi
- Sixmile Point: 7.1 mi
- Blue Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Pahvant Butte: 9.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 9.9 mi
Parks: 22
- Oak City Park: 11.7 mi
- Young Field Wildlife Management Area: 11.8 mi
- Holden Wildlife Management Area: 12.1 mi
- White Sage Park: 12.3 mi
- Bennett Field Wildlife Management Area: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
- The Lace Curtain: 9.5 mi
- Devil's Kitchen Faultline: 13.3 mi
- Devil's Kitchen Faultline: 14.4 mi
- Devils Twist: 14.6 mi
- Enoch Point: 17.6 mi
Museums: 3
- Great Basin Museum: 13.0 mi
- Topaz Museum of the Japanese Internment Camp: 13.0 mi
- Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum: 17.7 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Pioneer charcoal burning pits: 24.0 mi
- Topaz WWII Japanese Internment Camp Memorial: 24.2 mi
Springs: 1
- Shingle Mill Spring: 22.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Meadow Hot Springs: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McCornick. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Peak | SE 140° | 3,088 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Catherine | SE 143° | 3,051 m | 19.1 mi |
| Jacks Peak | SE 137° | 3,040 m | 21.0 mi |
| Coffee Peak | SE 126° | 3,038 m | 18.1 mi |
| Willow Creek Peak | SE 138° | 2,974 m | 22.5 mi |
| Fool Creek Peak | NE 41° | 2,936 m | 16.3 mi |
| Williams Peak | ENE 64° | 2,778 m | 12.5 mi |
| Partridge Mountain | NE 48° | 2,661 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:20 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:28 | 17:11 |
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 | 29 | 34 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 70 | 79 | 77 | 67 | 53 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK City, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
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