Scout Monument
Scout Monument is a historic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,326 m. Navajo Mountain / Naatsisʼáán stands 3,148 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sooner Rocks, a peak 1.0 miles away. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Monument to the 1963 accident that killed 13 people when a cattle truck carrying 49 members of a scout troop rolled into the ravine on this turn in the road.
How to reach it
80 named places within 25 miles
- Sooner Rocks: 1.0 mi
- Fiftymile Mountain High Point: 4.0 mi
- Cougar Knoll: 4.1 mi
- Blondie Knoll: 4.8 mi
- Steer Point: 5.3 mi
- Dance Hall Rock: 2.1 mi
- Moonrise Arch: 2.9 mi
- Sunset Arch: 3.0 mi
- Broken Bow Arch: 4.0 mi
- 40 Mile Water Tank: 4.1 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 4.7 mi
- Pool Hollow Spring: 5.0 mi
- Pleasant Grove Spring: 5.2 mi
- Tank Hollow Spring: 5.6 mi
- Harry Colwes Spring: 6.6 mi
- Straight Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- Harveys Fear Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Owl Bridge: 19.9 mi
- Top Arch: 22.4 mi
- Swiss Cheese Falls: 5.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Scout Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navajo Mountain / Naatsisʼáán | SSE 152° | 3,148 m | 23.7 mi |
| Cougar Knoll | WSW 246° | 2,318 m | 4.1 mi |
| Blondie Knoll | S 185° | 2,296 m | 4.8 mi |
| Navajo Point | SSE 166° | 2,249 m | 11.8 mi |
| Navajo Begay | SE 142° | 2,125 m | 23.6 mi |
| Collet Top | WNW 291° | 1,966 m | 23.4 mi |
| White Point | NW 310° | 1,774 m | 19.4 mi |
| Pilot Knoll | W 261° | 1,721 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:30 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 79 | 86 | 83 | 74 | 60 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bullfrog Basin, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11356880533
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