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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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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
Parks
  • 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
Artworks
Historic sites
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
Gardens
Museums: 43
Springs: 41
  • Frog Pond: 0.3 mi
  • Seepage: 4.2 mi
  • Seepage: 4.2 mi
  • Big Flat Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Spring Water Pipeline Leak: 7.1 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: 2
  • Vineyard Beach: 24.1 mi
  • Vineyard Beach: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Jan Wilking. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BaldyWSW 248°3,373.5 m7.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWSW 245°3,368 m6.6 mi
Hidden PeakWSW 246°3,350 m7.7 mi
Devil's CastleWSW 242°3,340.9 m6.1 mi
East CastleWSW 242°3,326 m6.0 mi
Eagle PeakWSW 239°3,311.3 m5.8 mi
Mount WolverineWSW 253°3,290.3 m5.1 mi
Clayton PeakWSW 246°3,258 m2.8 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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