Miners Basin
Miners Basin is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,713 m. Mount Peale stands 3,877 m to the south-southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cold Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
human settlement in Grand County, Utah, United States of America
What the record says
- Founded
- 1898
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway
- 12.6 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
- 16.5 mi off the Potash-Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway
- 23.9 mi off the Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Castle Valley Overlook · 14 mi
- Dry Mesa Overlook · 14 mi
- Colorado River Overlook · 15 mi
- Icebox Canyon Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gold Knob: 0.8 mi
- Horse Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Grand View: 1.6 mi
- Green Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Castle Mountain: 2.3 mi
- The Snotch: 5.4 mi
- Valley Of The Gnomes: 5.6 mi
- Elvis Hammer (Olympic Torch): 6.0 mi
- Balanced Rock Mesa: 6.2 mi
- Moab trail rte 2: 9.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 0.8 mi
- Mason Spring: 1.5 mi
- Tukuhnikivatz Spring: 6.5 mi
- Stinking Spring: 10.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 13.9 mi
- Porcupine Rim: 4.6 mi
- North Dakota Crag: 4.9 mi
- Convent: 11.4 mi
- The Theater: 14.6 mi
- Wall Street: 17.0 mi
- Old City Park: 11.9 mi
- Moose Park: 13.3 mi
- Rotary Park: 14.2 mi
- Center Street Ballparks: 14.7 mi
- Robin Groff Memorial Park: 14.9 mi
- Window Arch: 15.3 mi
- Trigon Arch: 21.7 mi
- Sand Dune Arch: 22.5 mi
- Tunnel Arch: 24.1 mi
- Pine Tree Arch: 24.3 mi
- Moab Music Festival: 14.9 mi
- Utah Burr: 15.0 mi
- Get Your Mind Rolling: 15.0 mi
- Moab Mural: 15.1 mi
- Animal sculptures: 19.3 mi
- "Slytherin Falls": 8.3 mi
- Faux Falls: 8.4 mi
- Mille Creek Falls (Left Hand): 12.4 mi
- Medieval Chamber: 13.0 mi
- Pack Creek Group Picnic Site: 8.1 mi
- Pack Creek Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Devils Garden Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Moab Museum: 14.9 mi
- Interactive Track Museum: 23.9 mi
- Moab Giants: 23.9 mi
- Farmstead History: 15.6 mi
- Dewey Suspension Bridge: 18.7 mi
- Kane Springs Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Scott Matheson Wetlands Preserve: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Miners Basin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Peale | SSE 161° | 3,877 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Mellenthin | SSE 157° | 3,852 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Tukuhnikivatz | S 173° | 3,810 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Waas | E 95° | 3,751 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount Laurel | SSE 161° | 3,740 m | 6.4 mi |
| Manns Peak | ESE 123° | 3,729 m | 3.5 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | ESE 114° | 3,719 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Tomasaki | SE 127° | 3,711 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 36 | 46 | 53 | 63 | 75 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 55 | 41 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Castle Valley 1SE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Arches National Park · 21 mi
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