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Jan Wilking

Jan Wilking from directly overhead

Jan Wilking is a historic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,732 m. Mount Baldy stands 3,374 m to the west-southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Frog Pond, a spring 0.3 miles away. Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

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Inscription
Jan Wilking: How Park City Trails Came To Be. ... Jan Wilking moved to Park City in 1969... [Jan] in 1992 took the lead in forming the Mountain Trails Foundation to build, maintain, and protect trails in Park City...
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.60698, -111.51131

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Flagstaff Mountain: 0.6 mi
  • Park Benchmark: 1.4 mi
  • Jupiter Peak: 1.6 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Treasure Hill: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Silver King Mine: 1.7 mi
  • McPolin Barn: 4.9 mi
  • Chad's Gap: 5.8 mi
  • Homestead Crater: 5.9 mi
  • Alpine Slide: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 58
Gardens: 58
Artworks
Parks: 56
  • Old Town Neighborhood Park: 2.5 mi
  • Miners Plaza: 2.6 mi
  • Shoe Tree Park: 2.9 mi
  • Tidy Town Award Park: 2.9 mi
  • Deer Valley Meadow: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • Silver Lake Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
  • Rotary Park: 4.3 mi
  • Huber Grove Day Use Area: 4.5 mi
  • GRP7: 7.0 mi
  • GRP4: 7.0 mi
Museums: 43
Springs: 31
  • Frog Pond: 0.3 mi
  • Seepage: 4.2 mi
  • Big Flat Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Spring Water Pipeline Leak: 7.1 mi
  • Hellgate Spring: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Blackjack Waterfall: 7.5 mi
  • Donut Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Gloria Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Moss Ledge Waterfall: 10.7 mi
  • Upper Lisa Falls: 11.3 mi
Nature reserves: 9
  • H-Rock Open Space: 17.9 mi
  • Corner Canyon: 18.8 mi
  • South Jordan City Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 21.1 mi
  • Mystic Springs Wetland Educational Area: 21.2 mi
  • Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 2
  • Storm Window Arch: 17.5 mi
  • Industrial Arch: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Vineyard Beach: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Jan Wilking. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BaldyWSW3,374 m7.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWSW3,368 m6.6 mi
Mount SuperiorW3,364 m8.2 mi
Hidden PeakWSW3,350 m7.7 mi
Devil's CastleWSW3,341 m6.1 mi
East CastleWSW3,326 m6.0 mi
Eagle PeakWSW3,311 m5.8 mi
Mount WolverineWSW3,290 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0219:38
June solstice05:5620:2021:01
September equinox07:1418:4919:25
December solstice07:4716:1917:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634415059676556453325
Precip in2.31.81.82.22.21.41.01.41.82.42.12.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park City, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10043767656

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