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Pioneer Settlement Historic Marker

Pioneer Settlement Historic Marker from directly overhead

Pioneer Settlement Historic Marker is a historic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,815 m. Heliotrope Mountain stands 3,399 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is LDS Church Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Energy Loop Huntington & Eccles Canyon passes 19 miles off.

Marker for the fist settlement in Ferron, Utah on December 6, 1877.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.09181, -111.13298

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Little Nelson Mountain: 5.1 mi
  • South Horn Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Nelson Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Kings Crown: 5.9 mi
  • Youngs Peak: 6.4 mi
Springs: 20
  • Stinking Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Short Canyon Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Wrigley Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Hendrick Spring: 11.6 mi
  • The Drips: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Dinosaur Trackway: 10.5 mi
  • Petroglyphs: 10.5 mi
  • Rochester Creek Rock Art Panel: 13.5 mi
  • Arch: 14.6 mi
  • Hamburger Rocks: 15.4 mi
Parks: 12
  • LDS Church Park: 0.0 mi
  • Ferron City Park and Playground: 0.1 mi
  • LDS Church Park: 0.9 mi
  • Clawson City Park: 3.2 mi
  • Millsite State Park: 3.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
Museums: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Salt Wash View Area: 17.9 mi
  • Sand Bench View Area: 18.2 mi
Historic sites: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Pioneer Settlement Historic Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Heliotrope MountainW 275°3,399 m17.3 mi
Mount BaldyW 277°3,328 m20.4 mi
High TopWNW 283°3,324 m19.4 mi
Heliotrope PointW 272°3,308 m16.3 mi
White MountainWSW 251°3,297 m19.0 mi
Block MountainW 266°3,289 m19.1 mi
Black MountainWSW 254°3,281 m20.0 mi
Ferron MountainW 279°3,256 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0219:37
June solstice06:0020:1520:55
September equinox07:1318:4819:23
December solstice07:4116:2417:06

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F253241485868757264513726
Precip in0.60.60.60.50.90.50.90.91.11.00.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ferron, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4636537338

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