Historic site · Utah
Iosepa Monument
Iosepa Monument is a historic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,372 m. Deseret Peak stands 3,362 m to the southeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Iosepa, a ghost town less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Inscription
- "This hallowed place was dedicated on August 28, 1890 by President Wilford Woodruff for all the nations in the isles of the seas, the Polynesian pioneers, their descendants..."
How to reach it
Coordinates40.54208, -112.73355
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Salt Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Round Knoll: 5.0 mi
- North Pass Canyon Peak: 5.7 mi
- Peak 8900 aka Davenport South: 5.8 mi
- South Pass Canyon Peak: 5.8 mi
Parks: 44
- Lincoln Highway Memorial Park: 13.8 mi
- Grantsville Fort Historic Marker: 14.3 mi
- Grantsville Hollywood Park: 14.7 mi
- Grantsville City Park: 14.8 mi
- LDS Stake Park: 14.8 mi
Springs: 40
- Chokecherry Spring: 3.7 mi
- Davenport Canyon Spring: 6.3 mi
- Muskrat Spring: 7.0 mi
- Pope Canyon Spring: 8.0 mi
- Coal Pit Spring: 8.6 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Abandoned School Bus: 15.2 mi
- Steptoe Historical Marker: 20.2 mi
- Veteran Suicide Monument: 22.8 mi
- Veterans Monument: 22.8 mi
- Tooele Bell: 22.8 mi
Attractions: 3
- Asylum 49: 23.1 mi
- Tooele Valley Railway Caboose 4: 23.4 mi
- Tooele Valley Railway Engine 11: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Poverty Point: 18.0 mi
- Dead Cow Point: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Grassy Mountain West Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Grassy Mountain East Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Artworks: 1
- Pink Playa Shark: 21.0 mi
Museums: 1
- Tooele Pioneer Museum: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 1
- USU Extension Community Garden: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Iosepa Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deseret Peak | SE 135° | 3,362.2 m | 8.0 mi |
| South Medina | SE 125° | 3,256.8 m | 6.7 mi |
| East Deseret Peak | SE 135° | 3,253.4 m | 8.4 mi |
| North Deseret Peak | SE 134° | 3,208 m | 7.6 mi |
| North Medina | ESE 120° | 3,206.8 m | 6.4 mi |
| Vickory Mountain | SE 144° | 3,148.6 m | 12.5 mi |
| Stan | SE 144° | 3,119 m | 12.7 mi |
| Stansbury-Box Elder Peak | SE 133° | 3,118.1 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:07 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:25 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:24 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 33 | 42 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 78 | 76 | 64 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grantsville 2W, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 71000856OpenStreetMap- National Register of Historic Places — Iosepa Settlement Cemetery, reference 71000856, listed 08/12/71.
OpenStreetMap element node/13586195958
Day trips start here
- Tooele · 23 mi
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