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Wahsatch

Wahsatch from directly overhead

Wahsatch is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,082 m. Humpy Peak stands 3,306 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is The Needles, a peak 4.7 miles away. Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - WY Section passes 9.1 miles off. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

ghost town in Summit County, Utah, United States

The record

What the record says

Founded
1868
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.19917, -111.11306

Overlooks nearby

Around it

106 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 49
  • Keg Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Negro Dan Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Chicken Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Foote Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Yellowjacket Spring: 13.6 mi
Peaks: 28
  • The Needles: 4.7 mi
  • Red Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Burnt Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Table Mountain: 8.7 mi
  • Porcupine Mountain: 12.5 mi
Parks: 9
  • Ottley Park: 8.0 mi
  • Anderson Park: 8.7 mi
  • Hamblin Park: 9.8 mi
  • Lost Creek Reservoir State Park: 15.2 mi
  • Henefer-Echo Wildlife Management Area: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Historic sites: 4
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 3
Artworks: 2
Museums: 1
  • Uinta County Museum: 9.1 mi
Attractions: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wahsatch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Humpy PeakSSE 165°3,306 m23.5 mi
Porcupine MountainS 179°2,801 m12.5 mi
Pine ButteNW 304°2,662 m21.5 mi
Baldy PeakNW 309°2,637 m22.6 mi
Bybee KnollW 268°2,624 m23.5 mi
Medicine ButteNE 45°2,621 m15.0 mi
Pine KnollESE 121°2,571 m20.6 mi
Hoodoo KnollW 265°2,545 m24.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0019:37
June solstice05:5320:2021:01
September equinox07:1318:4719:23
December solstice07:4716:1516:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222331394958686656443122
Precip in0.40.50.41.01.71.10.50.81.01.00.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Evanston Uinta CO Burns FLD, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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