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Washakie

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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. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.

ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States

What the record says

Founded
1880

How to reach it

Coordinates41.94390, -112.21700

128 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 53
  • 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
Peaks: 42
  • Lemon Peak: 3.2 mi
  • Sheep Dip Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Sheep Dip Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Gunsight Peak: 4.8 mi
  • Clarkston Mountain: 4.9 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • 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
Attractions: 4
  • 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
Springs: 4
  • Walter Ahern Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Tom Muir Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Peai Paatetsopai'i: 19.0 mi
  • Ballantine Spring: 22.8 mi
Museums: 3
  • 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
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Hope Community Garden: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Box Elder PeakSSE 154°2,855 m23.7 mi
Wellsville ConeSSE 153°2,850 m23.2 mi
Oxford PeakNNE 15°2,824 m23.3 mi
Mendon PeakSSE 152°2,671 m20.4 mi
Scout PeakSSE 152°2,649 m21.0 mi
Bob Stewart PeakSSE 152°2,628 m23.1 mi
Old Baldy PeakNNE 27°2,549 m15.9 mi
Gunsight PeakESE 107°2,493 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0419:41
June solstice05:5420:2621:08
September equinox07:1718:5119:28
December solstice07:5416:1617:01

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242940475766757363503726
Precip in1.91.51.51.82.21.10.50.71.21.61.21.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cutler DAM, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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