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Golden Spike

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Elevation, modelled
1,495 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Messix Peak2,240 m · 9.1 mi
Sunset, June solstice
21:09local time
Coordinates
41.6180, -112.5516

Golden Spike is a historic site in Utah, at a modelled 1,495 m. Messix Peak stands 2,240 m to the south-southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Golden Spike Locomotive Run, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. 32 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

monument in the Golden Spike National Historical Park in Box Elder County, Utah, United States of America

Wikidata Q49494447, matched on coordinates and name (0 m apart).

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Messix PeakSSE 166°2,240 m9.1 mi
Mount TarpeyS 181°2,123 m8.1 mi
Thatcher MountainENE 66°1,901 m11.9 mi
Monument PeakNW 312°1,825 m16.3 mi
Franklin HillN 358°1,798 m20.4 mi
Point Lookout MountainsENE 62°1,740 m19.0 mi
Little MountainE 94°1,680 m15.7 mi
Engineer MountainNE 39°1,648 m6.0 mi

32 named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0619:43
June solstice05:5720:2721:09
September equinox07:1818:5319:29
December solstice07:5416:1917:04

Local time (America/Denver).

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