Washakie
Washakie is a ghost town in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,335 m. Box Elder Peak stands 2,855 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lemon Peak, a peak 3.2 miles away. Pioneer Historic Byway passes 20 miles off. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States
What the record says
- Founded
- 1880
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 26.0 mi off the Logan Canyon Scenic Byway, National
120 named places within 25 miles
- Historical Monument Stage Station: 12.3 mi
- Landmark Letters Branch: 12.8 mi
- Trenton park: 14.2 mi
- Jeanie Stevens Park: 15.6 mi
- Harris Park: 15.8 mi
- Lemon Peak: 3.2 mi
- Sheep Dip Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Gunsight Peak: 4.8 mi
- Clarkston Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Limekiln Knoll: 7.2 mi
- Martin Harris Memorial Burial Site: 9.1 mi
- Mendon War Memorial: 20.1 mi
- Franklin County World War II Memorial: 20.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Bear River Massacre Interpretive Center: 21.5 mi
- Box Elder County Fairgrounds: 15.9 mi
- Oneida County Fair & Rodeo: 16.0 mi
- Hirschi's Haunted Hollow: 19.7 mi
- Rocket Exhibit: 22.8 mi
- Walter Ahern Spring: 16.8 mi
- Tom Muir Spring: 18.5 mi
- Peai Paatetsopai'i: 19.0 mi
- Ballantine Spring: 22.8 mi
- Flights of Learning: 23.4 mi
- Meet the Challenge: 24.7 mi
- Merlin J. Olsen Aggie All-American: 24.8 mi
- The Victorious American Doughboy: 25.0 mi
- Bear River Valley Museum: 16.2 mi
- Oneida Pioneer Museum: 16.8 mi
- Cache Valley DUP (Daughters of the Utah Pioneers) Museum: 24.4 mi
- Bud Phelps Wildlife Management Area: 20.9 mi
- Coldwater Canyon Wildlife Managment Area: 21.3 mi
- Oxkiller Wildlife Management Area: 23.0 mi
- Point Lookout: 15.8 mi
- Pleasant View Point: 21.6 mi
- Blue Creek: 13.6 mi
- Hope Community Garden: 23.4 mi
- Smithfield Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Washakie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box Elder Peak | SSE 154° | 2,855 m | 23.7 mi |
| Wellsville Cone | SSE 153° | 2,850 m | 23.2 mi |
| Oxford Peak | NNE 15° | 2,824 m | 23.3 mi |
| Mendon Peak | SSE 152° | 2,671 m | 20.4 mi |
| Scout Peak | SSE 152° | 2,649 m | 21.0 mi |
| Bob Stewart Peak | SSE 152° | 2,628 m | 23.1 mi |
| Old Baldy Peak | NNE 27° | 2,549 m | 15.9 mi |
| Gunsight Peak | ESE 107° | 2,493 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:26 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:16 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 29 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 73 | 63 | 50 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cutler DAM, 11 mi away.
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