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Moab Museum

Moab Museum from directly overhead

Moab Museum is a museum in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,229 m. Mount Waas stands 3,751 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Utah Burr, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Potash-Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off.

About

The story

city in and county seat of Grand County, Utah, United States

Dates from 1878.

Wikidata Q130134, matched on coordinates and name (133 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1229 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.57304, -109.54835

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Tipover Challenge: 1.1 mi
  • The Staircase: 1.1 mi
  • Escalator: 1.3 mi
  • Hell's Revenge: 1.4 mi
  • Baby Lions Back: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Lion's Back: 1.1 mi
  • The Portal: 1.5 mi
  • Three Penguins: 4.9 mi
  • The Organ: 5.2 mi
  • Three Gossips: 5.3 mi
Springs: 22
  • Kings Bottom Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Matrimony Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Dripping Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Mason Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Kane Springs: 13.4 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Wall Street: 2.3 mi
  • Wall Street: 3.2 mi
  • Tombstone: 3.8 mi
  • The Theater: 6.6 mi
  • Scorched Earth Wall: 6.6 mi
Parks: 11
  • Center Street Ballparks: 0.1 mi
  • Robin Groff Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Moab Pocket Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bullick Cross Creek Park: 0.4 mi
  • Swanny City Park: 0.5 mi
Natural arches: 11
  • Window Arch: 4.1 mi
  • Trigon Arch: 7.1 mi
  • Sand Dune Arch: 13.3 mi
  • Tunnel Arch: 14.9 mi
  • Pine Tree Arch: 15.1 mi
Artworks: 5
Historic sites: 5
  • Farmstead History: 0.7 mi
  • Halfway Stage House - Old Stage Coach Station: 13.9 mi
  • Dewey Suspension Bridge: 21.2 mi
  • False Kiva: 22.7 mi
  • Denis Julien Inscription: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Mille Creek Falls (Left Hand): 2.5 mi
  • Medieval Chamber: 2.6 mi
  • Faux Falls: 9.8 mi
  • "Slytherin Falls": 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Scott Matheson Wetlands Preserve: 1.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Moab Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WaasE 98°3,751 m17.5 mi
Pilot MountainE 100°3,719 m17.3 mi
Green MountainE 99°3,707 m17.1 mi
Little TukESE 120°3,672 m17.7 mi
Castle MountainE 96°3,671 m17.1 mi
Burro RidgeESE 106°3,548 m18.0 mi
Haystack MountainESE 107°3,546 m17.1 mi
La Sal PeakE 95°3,418 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:30
June solstice05:5520:0720:47
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3316:1917:01

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F324050576776838071584433
Precip in0.60.70.70.80.80.30.90.90.91.00.70.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moab, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/421119291

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