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Heritage Museum of Layton

Heritage Museum of Layton from directly overhead

Heritage Museum of Layton is a museum in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,336 m. Thurston Peak stands 2,954 m to the east-northeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Layton Commons Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
4 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.06549, -111.96258
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Layton Commons Park: 0.1 mi
  • Bamberger Trail: 0.2 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 0.5 mi
  • Chapel Park: 0.9 mi
  • James E. Woodward Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Vietnam Memorial Wall Replica: 0.3 mi
  • Davis High D: 3.1 mi
  • F-16: 3.3 mi
  • Memorial monument to local child: 4.8 mi
  • Minuteman: 4.9 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions: 52
  • Classic Fun Center: 1.5 mi
  • Tepanyaki: 2.6 mi
  • Snow Horse: 5.6 mi
  • S & S Shortline Railroad Park and Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Carousel: 6.6 mi
Museums: 50
  • Syracuse Regional Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Syracuse Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Town Hall: 6.7 mi
  • Gun Collection: 6.7 mi
  • Token, Currency & Silver Collection: 6.7 mi
Gardens: 41
Picnic sites: 41
  • Fernwood Recreation Site: 3.5 mi
  • Village Green: 6.8 mi
  • Buffalo Point Interpretive and Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Mueller Park: 15.6 mi
  • Group Site 17: 15.7 mi
Springs: 31
  • Bear Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Willow Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Wheeler Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Ogden Hot Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Hooper Hot Springs: 12.1 mi
Nature reserves: 9
  • The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Legacy Nature Reserve: 9.2 mi
  • Howard Slough Waterfowl Management Area: 10.1 mi
  • Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 13.3 mi
  • Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Camera Flats: 12.0 mi
  • Bridger Bay Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Windsurfer Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Anderson Cove Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Cemetery Point Beach: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Industrial Arch: 18.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Heritage Museum of Layton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thurston PeakENE 79°2,954 m5.9 mi
Mount OgdenNNE 24°2,917 m10.2 mi
Francis PeakESE 109°2,904 m6.9 mi
Snow Horse RidgeE 92°2,893 m5.9 mi
Allen PeakNNE 23°2,885 m10.4 mi
Grandview PeakSE 143°2,866 m18.4 mi
De Moisy PeakNNE 29°2,847 m9.7 mi
Bountiful PeakSE 133°2,823 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5620:2321:04
September equinox07:1618:5019:27
December solstice07:5016:1917:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293443495969777566524031
Precip in2.21.82.12.42.71.30.70.81.21.91.61.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington 3 NW, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/61747241

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