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Museum of Natural Curiosity

Museum of Natural Curiosity from directly overhead

Museum of Natural Curiosity is a museum in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,394 m. Mount Timpanogos stands 3,581 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Children's Discovery Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Thanksgiving Point Institute

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.43242, -111.90804

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
  • Riverside Picnic: 3.4 mi
  • Riverbend Picnic Site and Grills: 3.5 mi
  • Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Grey Cliffs Day Use Area: 12.4 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Parks
  • Tarbet Field: 0.8 mi
  • Holbrook Park: 1.0 mi
  • Sunrise Summit Park: 1.2 mi
  • Country Run Park: 1.2 mi
  • Harvest Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
  • Helicopter: 1.1 mi
  • Growpro Truck with Flowers: 2.2 mi
  • Anchor Park Sign: 4.5 mi
  • AlphaGraphics Lehi: 4.7 mi
  • Three Little Boys & Play: 7.8 mi
Peaks
  • Point of the Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Steep Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Peak 6562: 3.1 mi
  • Maack Hill: 3.6 mi
  • View Benchmark: 3.6 mi
Springs
  • Avery Hot Springs: 4.9 mi
  • Wall of Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Schoolhouse Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Schoolhouse Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Schoolhouse Springs: 8.6 mi
Museums: 47
Waterfalls: 23
  • Monet Waterfall: 0.3 mi
  • Ghost Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Rocky Mouth Canyon Waterfall: 9.4 mi
  • Horsetail Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Grove Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
Nature reserves: 12
  • Galena Soónkahni Preserve: 5.1 mi
  • Corner Canyon: 6.0 mi
  • South Jordan City Southeast Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 8.1 mi
  • South Jordan City Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 8.4 mi
  • Mystic Springs Wetland Educational Area: 9.3 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 3
  • Storm Window Arch: 6.9 mi
  • Rock Arch: 23.9 mi
  • Hole in the Rock.: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Vineyard Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Vineyard Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Lincoln Beach: 20.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Saratoga Hot Springs: 5.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Museum of Natural Curiosity. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TimpanogosESE 102°3,581 m14.1 mi
South TimpanogosESE 103°3,572.9 m14.7 mi
North TimpanogosE 95°3,487.2 m12.7 mi
Bomber PeakE 98°3,458.6 m13.3 mi
Twin Peaks (East)NE 41°3,453.4 m14.9 mi
The PfeifferhornENE 57°3,453 m12.7 mi
Twin Peaks (West)NE 41°3,452.8 m14.8 mi
White BaldyENE 60°3,451 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5820:2121:02
September equinox07:1618:5019:26
December solstice07:4816:2117:05

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333746516272807868544233

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Draper-point OF MTN, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/482255207

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