Benson Grist Mill Pioneer Heritage Park
Benson Grist Mill Pioneer Heritage Park is a historic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,296 m. Lowe Peak stands 3,216 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is USU Extension Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
The story
Restoration and replica museum in Stansbury Park, Utah, United States.
Dates from 1988-06-11.
Wikidata Q14711448, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tooele County Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 22.0 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 26.7 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sagers Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Brigham Park: 0.2 mi
- Angell Park: 0.2 mi
- Delgada Park: 0.3 mi
- Gateway Park: 0.3 mi
- Tooele T: 9.1 mi
- Vines of Time: 10.8 mi
- Pink Playa Shark: 16.5 mi
- Arches: 16.5 mi
- Todem Power Poles: 16.7 mi
- Tooele Valley Museum and Historical Park: 8.3 mi
- Tooele Bell: 8.3 mi
- Veteran Suicide Monument: 8.3 mi
- Veterans Monument: 8.4 mi
- Our Honored Dead WWI & WWII Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Lake Point: 4.5 mi
- Farnsworth Peak: 5.0 mi
- Peak 8100: 5.1 mi
- Kesler Peak: 5.2 mi
- Peak 8662: 5.4 mi
- USU Extension Community Garden: 0.0 mi
- Magna Community Garden: 11.0 mi
- Liberty Landing Round about Garden: 16.5 mi
- Crosstowwer Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- Vegetable Mining Operation Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- Tooele Valley Railway Engine 11: 8.3 mi
- Tooele Valley Railway Caboose 4: 8.3 mi
- Asylum 49: 8.6 mi
- The "C": 9.5 mi
- Crazy Corn Maze: 16.8 mi
- Mill Pond Spring: 0.7 mi
- Factory/Dunne's Pond Springs: 0.8 mi
- Maple Spring: 6.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 7.3 mi
- Mud Spring: 7.4 mi
- Tooele Pioneer Museum: 8.3 mi
- Magna Mining Museum: 10.8 mi
- West Jordan Historical Society: 18.7 mi
- Taylorsville Bennion Heritage Center: 19.1 mi
- Gale Center: 19.9 mi
- Carr Fork Wildlife Managment Area: 7.3 mi
- Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Timpie Springs Waterfowl Management Area: 18.9 mi
- Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 20.4 mi
- Fife Wetland Preserve: 20.9 mi
- Outdoor Eating at Cyprus Credit Union: 16.7 mi
- Wheeler Farm: 22.8 mi
- #1 - Raspberry: 24.2 mi
- #2 - Hidden Falls: 24.3 mi
- #3 - Cherry Tree Grove: 24.4 mi
- Bacchus: 10.6 mi
- Bingham Canyon: 10.9 mi
- Lark: 13.7 mi
- Johnson: 22.6 mi
- Mercur: 23.3 mi
- Morgan Point: 18.3 mi
- Cambria Point: 20.7 mi
- Black Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 3.5 mi
- Industrial Arch: 23.3 mi
- Sunset Beach: 6.6 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 7.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Benson Grist Mill Pioneer Heritage Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowe Peak | SSE 161° | 3,216 m | 16.4 mi |
| Kelsey Peak | SSE 162° | 3,162 m | 14.4 mi |
| White Pine Peak | SSE 162° | 3,146 m | 13.9 mi |
| South Lowe Peak | SSE 161° | 3,144 m | 16.8 mi |
| Rocky Peak | SSE 165° | 3,118 m | 15.7 mi |
| Corn Peak (10186) | SSE 163° | 3,105 m | 15.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain (East) | S 174° | 3,050 m | 17.5 mi |
| Sharp Mountain | S 174° | 3,042 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:23 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:22 | 17:06 |
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 | 31 | 35 | 45 | 52 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 79 | 69 | 54 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Garfield, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/556560708
Day trips start here
- Tooele · 8 mi
- Salt Lake City · 23 mi
- Draper · 24 mi
- Sandy · 24 mi
- Lehi · 30 mi
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