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Tooele Valley Museum and Historical Park

Tooele Valley Museum and Historical Park from directly overhead

Tooele Valley Museum and Historical Park is a historic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,553 m. Flat Top Mountain stands 3,235 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tooele Valley Railway Caboose 4, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.

About

The story

building complex in Tooele, Utah

Dates from 1910s.

Wikidata Q14711892, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Tooele City
Fee
donation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.53104, -112.28914
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Highland Park: 0.2 mi
  • Red Delpapa Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Elton Park: 0.5 mi
  • Plat C Park: 0.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
  • Little Mountain: 0.8 mi
  • One O'Clock: 1.7 mi
  • Two O'Clock: 1.9 mi
  • Tooele Peak: 2.9 mi
  • Griffen Peak: 3.4 mi
Springs: 49
  • Rench Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Mill Pond Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Factory/Dunne's Pond Springs: 9.0 mi
Historic sites: 48
Artworks: 44
  • Tooele T: 2.2 mi
  • Todem Power Poles: 14.1 mi
  • Metal Barrel: 14.4 mi
  • Minecart: 14.4 mi
  • Sheep statue: 14.4 mi
Gardens: 39
  • USU Extension Community Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Community Gardens: 14.9 mi
  • Magna Community Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Liberty Landing Round about Garden: 17.2 mi
  • Crosstowwer Community Garden: 18.2 mi
Attractions: 15
Museums: 14
Nature reserves: 10
Ghost towns: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Outdoor Eating at Cyprus Credit Union: 17.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
  • Riverbend Picnic Site and Grills: 22.3 mi
  • Riverside Picnic: 22.3 mi
  • Wheeler Farm: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Monet Waterfall: 20.9 mi
  • Ghost Falls: 24.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Hole in the Rock.: 10.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Saratoga Hot Springs: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Tooele Valley Museum and Historical Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flat Top MountainSSE 154°3,235 m12.2 mi
Lowe PeakSSE 147°3,216 m8.7 mi
Flat Top Mtn-South PeakSSE 156°3,176 m12.3 mi
Kelsey PeakSE 144°3,162 m6.7 mi
White Pine PeakSE 141°3,146 m6.2 mi
South Lowe PeakSSE 147°3,144 m9.1 mi
Rocky PeakSSE 152°3,118 m7.8 mi
Corn Peak (10186)SSE 149°3,105 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0519:41
June solstice06:0020:2321:04
September equinox07:1718:5219:28
December solstice07:5016:2317:06

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303443495969787666523930
Precip in1.51.72.22.32.41.00.80.71.11.51.61.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tooele, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 84002426OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site
  • National Register of Historic Places — Tooele Valley Railroad Complex, reference 84002426, listed 05/17/84.

OpenStreetMap element way/848800038

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