Pioneer Settlement Historic Marker
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
- 19.0 mi off the Energy Loop Huntington & Eccles Canyon, National
- 19.0 mi off the Energy Loop Extension - SR-31 to Huntington St Pk
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- LDS Church Park: 0.0 mi
- Ferron City Park and Playground: 0.1 mi
- Clawson City Park: 3.2 mi
- Millsite State Park: 3.2 mi
- Wilberg Memorial: 9.3 mi
- East Rim: 9.7 mi
- The Breaks: 11.9 mi
- Sand Bench Rim: 12.3 mi
- The Red Ledges: 16.2 mi
- Coal Cliffs: 16.6 mi
- Museum of the San Rafael: 10.4 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 10.4 mi
- Salt Wash View Area: 17.9 mi
- Sand Bench View Area: 18.2 mi
- Emery County Veterans Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Day Use Area - No Camping: 24.5 mi
- Mohrland: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Pioneer Settlement Historic Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heliotrope Mountain | W 275° | 3,399 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Baldy | W 277° | 3,328 m | 20.4 mi |
| High Top | WNW 283° | 3,324 m | 19.4 mi |
| Heliotrope Point | W 272° | 3,308 m | 16.3 mi |
| White Mountain | WSW 251° | 3,297 m | 19.0 mi |
| Block Mountain | W 266° | 3,289 m | 19.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | WSW 254° | 3,281 m | 20.0 mi |
| Ferron Mountain | W 279° | 3,256 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:15 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
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 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ferron, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4636537338
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