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Mill Fork

Mill Fork from directly overhead

Mill Fork is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,773 m. Santaquin Peak stands 3,248 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Davis Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. Energy Loop Huntington & Eccles Canyon passes 12 miles off.

ghost town in Spanish Fork Canyon in Utah County, Utah, United States

The record

What the record says

Founded
1877
Getting there

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Coordinates39.96389, -111.30806

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Davis Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Fir Benchmark: 4.2 mi
  • Sky High: 4.2 mi
  • High Peak: 4.6 mi
  • Teat Mountain: 5.5 mi
Parks
  • Dairy Fork Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
  • Lake Fork Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
  • Starvation Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
  • Diamond Battle Historical Monument: 11.2 mi
  • Jackson Wildlife Management Area: 12.2 mi
Springs: 47
  • Mogbeck Spring: 3.2 mi
  • First Water Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Sky High Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Lookout Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Long Hollow Spring: 6.4 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Group 1A: 8.9 mi
  • A1: 11.0 mi
  • A7: 11.0 mi
  • A4: 11.1 mi
  • B1: 11.1 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Historic sites: 9
Museums: 7
  • Mapleton Heritage Museum: 18.3 mi
  • Springville Museum of Art: 20.9 mi
  • Daughters Of Utah Pioneer Museum-Historical Society: 21.1 mi
  • Legends Motorcycle Museum: 22.2 mi
  • Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, Payson: 22.7 mi
Attractions: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Dryfall: 9.5 mi
  • Double Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Grotto Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Ford Falls: 19.7 mi
Natural arches: 3
  • Magnus Arch: 6.2 mi
  • Diamond Arch: 9.4 mi
  • Rock Arch: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Mill Fork. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santaquin PeakW 275°3,248 m16.8 mi
Loafer MountainW 273°3,216 m16.3 mi
Strawberry PeakENE 71°3,125 m18.1 mi
Strawberry North SummitENE 71°3,117 m18.4 mi
Spanish Fork PeakNW 306°3,092 m14.4 mi
Cat PeakESE 104°2,972 m19.0 mi
Twin PeaksN 1°2,957 m21.3 mi
Baldy MountainNE 42°2,874 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0219:38
June solstice05:5720:1720:58
September equinox07:1418:4819:24
December solstice07:4416:2117:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303545516070777566544131
Precip in2.12.12.22.52.11.00.60.71.41.81.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spanish FK PWR House, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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