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Moqui Cave, a museum in Utah
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Moqui Cave, a museum in Utah
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Moqui Cave, a museum in Utah
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Moqui Cave, a museum in Utah
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Moqui Cave is a museum in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,617 m. Clear Creek Mountain stands 2,396 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Dinosaur Tracks, a attraction 3.0 miles away. Mt Carmel Scenic Byway runs past it.

About

The story

Moqui Cave is a sandstone erosion cave in southern Utah, United States. It is located roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Kanab, along U.S. Route 89.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1962.

Wikidata Q2880871, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.12078, -112.56380

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • The Sand Hills: 4.3 mi
  • Red Knoll: 4.5 mi
  • Indian Dance Hall: 5.6 mi
  • Savage Point: 5.7 mi
  • Dianas Throne: 6.1 mi
Springs: 50
  • Dry Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Hog Canyon Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Sand Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Toms Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Yellowjacket Spring: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 3.0 mi
  • The Pinnacles: 4.4 mi
  • South Fork Indian Canyon Pictographs: 6.0 mi
  • Great Chamber: 7.5 mi
  • Mansard Petroglyph Site: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 18
Parks: 8
  • Kanab City Park: 4.9 mi
  • Levi Steward Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
  • Coral Pink Sand Dunes BLM Open OHV Area: 6.9 mi
  • Yellowjacket Picnic Site: 8.3 mi
  • Crocodile Staging Area: 9.5 mi
Museums: 7
  • Little Hollywood Movie Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Kanab Heritage Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Kanab Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Maynard Dixon Living History Museum: 10.5 mi
  • Red Pueblo Museum: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • The Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Lower Pine Creek Waterfall: 22.8 mi
  • Menu Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Mystery Canyon Falls: 24.3 mi
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Meditation Hut Arch: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Moqui Cave. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clear Creek MountainNW 318°2,396 m19.3 mi
Black MountainN 5°2,363 m17.8 mi
Timber MountainENE 66°2,196 m20.1 mi
Table MountainNE 45°2,142 m20.0 mi
Dianas ThroneNW 324°2,138 m6.1 mi
Bald KnollNNE 31°2,132 m16.6 mi
Timber MountainENE 68°2,121 m17.3 mi
Buck KnollNNE 13°2,091 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0819:42
June solstice06:1120:1620:54
September equinox07:1918:5419:29
December solstice07:4116:3717:17

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374147536271777668574537
Precip in1.71.91.40.90.60.31.31.41.61.51.01.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kanab, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1269986276

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