Meditation Chapel
Meditation Chapel is a historic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,357 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is 145th Field Artillery Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
monument in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S
Wikidata Q106764430, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 9.1 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 12.0 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 15.2 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- 145th Field Artillery Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Medal of Honor Monument: 0.0 mi
- Blue Jacket Waters Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Capt James R. Austin Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Memory Grove Park: 0.0 mi
- Memory Grove Off-Leash Dog Park: 0.1 mi
- Fifth Ave Park: 0.3 mi
- Kletting Park: 0.3 mi
- City Creek Park: 0.4 mi
- Martha Hughes Cannon: 0.1 mi
- Marriner S. Eccles: 0.1 mi
- Brigadier General Thomas L. Kane: 0.1 mi
- Daniel Cowan Jackling: 0.1 mi
- Massasoit: 0.1 mi
- White Memorial Chapel: 0.2 mi
- Utah State Capitol Building: 0.2 mi
- McCune Mansion: 0.4 mi
- Church History Library: 0.5 mi
- Lion House: 0.6 mi
- Museum of Utah: 0.2 mi
- Pioneer Memorial Museum: 0.4 mi
- Social Hall Museum: 0.7 mi
- Church History Museum: 0.7 mi
- Alice Gallery: 0.8 mi
- #1 - Raspberry: 1.2 mi
- #2 - Hidden Falls: 1.4 mi
- #3 - Cherry Tree Grove: 1.4 mi
- #4 - Box Elder: 1.5 mi
- #5 - Elbow Turn: 1.6 mi
- Ensign Peak: 1.2 mi
- Twin Peaks: 2.6 mi
- Dude Benchmark: 4.4 mi
- Mount Wire: 4.5 mi
- Black Mountain (West Summit): 5.1 mi
- Gateway Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Waterfall Garden: 1.3 mi
- 4th East Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Richmond Park Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Rose Park Neighborhood Center Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Baskin Spring: 4.4 mi
- Wagner Spring: 4.5 mi
- Emigration Tunnel Spring: 4.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 5.1 mi
- Enoch Spring: 5.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 12.9 mi
- Moss Ledge Waterfall: 13.4 mi
- Donut Falls: 15.7 mi
- Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 16.1 mi
- Upper Lisa Falls: 16.1 mi
- Fife Wetland Preserve: 2.7 mi
- H-Rock Open Space: 5.0 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 11.2 mi
- Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 12.8 mi
- Johnson: 9.4 mi
- Bacchus: 13.6 mi
- Bingham Canyon: 19.9 mi
- Lark: 20.7 mi
- Forest City: 22.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 5.5 mi
- Honeycomb Cliffs: 18.8 mi
- Cambria Point: 22.6 mi
- Black Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Industrial Arch: 2.2 mi
- Storm Window Arch: 19.5 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 20.0 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 17.0 mi
- Sunset Beach: 18.0 mi
- Camera Flats: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Meditation Chapel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks (East) | SE 146° | 3,453.4 m | 15.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks (West) | SSE 146° | 3,452.8 m | 15.3 mi |
| Kesler Peak | SE 133° | 3,170.8 m | 15.5 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | SE 125° | 3,115 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Raymond | SE 131° | 3,108 m | 12.6 mi |
| Wilson Peak | ESE 123° | 3,033 m | 13.2 mi |
| Wildcat Ridge | SE 138° | 2,981 m | 11.2 mi |
| South Thayne Peak | SE 132° | 2,980 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:04 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:20 | 17:04 |
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 | 34 | 39 | 47 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 79 | 69 | 56 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake Triad CTR, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3450754993
Day trips start here
- Salt Lake City · 1 mi
- Sandy · 14 mi
- Wasatch Range · 14 mi
- Draper · 18 mi
- Park City · 22 mi
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument · 25 mi
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