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Scout Monument

Scout Monument from directly overhead

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. 91 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

Coordinates37.33635, -111.07223

91 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 32
  • 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
Attractions: 26
  • 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
Springs: 17
  • 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
Cliffs: 12
  • Straight Cliffs: 3.6 mi
  • Straight Cliffs: 3.6 mi
  • Straight Cliffs: 3.7 mi
  • Straight Cliffs: 4.1 mi
  • Straight Cliffs: 4.6 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Owl Bridge: 19.9 mi
  • Top Arch: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Swiss Cheese Falls: 5.9 mi
Parks: 1
  • Hole-in-the-Rock Historical Marker: 11.0 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Navajo Mountain / NaatsisʼáánSSE 152°3,148 m23.7 mi
Cougar KnollWSW 246°2,318 m4.1 mi
Blondie KnollS 185°2,296 m4.8 mi
Navajo PointSSE 166°2,249 m11.8 mi
Navajo BegaySE 142°2,125 m23.6 mi
Collet TopWNW 291°1,966 m23.4 mi
White PointNW 310°1,773.6 m19.4 mi
Pilot KnollW 261°1,721 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0219:36
June solstice06:0520:1020:49
September equinox07:1318:4819:23
December solstice07:3616:3017:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364150586879868374604636
Precip in0.60.50.70.30.40.10.60.50.80.80.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bullfrog Basin, 24 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11356880533

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