Pioneer Memorial Museum
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Pioneer Memorial Museum is a museum in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,364 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Marge S. Lowe, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
The Pioneer Memorial Museum is a history museum operated by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) on Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The museum hosts a large collection of artifacts related to the Mormon pioneers and early Utah, along with libraries containing pioneer biographies and photographs. The building also serves as headquarters for the DUP, which has hundreds of local units (called "camps") in communities throughout the Mormon corridor, many of which operate their own satellite museums.
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Wikidata Q106960386, matched on coordinates and name (6 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 9.4 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 12.1 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 15.3 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Marge S. Lowe: 0.0 mi
- Annie Taylor Hyde: 0.0 mi
- Utah and the Civil War Monument: 0.0 mi
- Constitution Revered Monument: 0.0 mi
- Ensign Peak: 0.0 mi
- Patience: 0.1 mi
- Honor: 0.1 mi
- West Beehive: 0.1 mi
- East Beehive: 0.2 mi
- Fortitude: 0.2 mi
- Utah State Capitol Building: 0.2 mi
- McCune Mansion: 0.2 mi
- White Memorial Chapel: 0.2 mi
- Church History Library: 0.3 mi
- Temple Square: 0.4 mi
- Kimball-Whitney Cemetery Park: 0.3 mi
- Silver Park: 0.3 mi
- Block Twenty-Four Park: 0.3 mi
- Memory Grove Park: 0.3 mi
- City Creek Park: 0.4 mi
- Gateway Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Waterfall Garden: 1.2 mi
- Rose Park Neighborhood Center Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- 4th East Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Fairpark Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Ensign Peak: 1.2 mi
- Twin Peaks: 2.9 mi
- Dude Benchmark: 4.7 mi
- Mount Wire: 4.9 mi
- Black Mountain (West Summit): 5.5 mi
- #1 - Raspberry: 1.4 mi
- #2 - Hidden Falls: 1.6 mi
- #3 - Cherry Tree Grove: 1.7 mi
- #4 - Box Elder: 1.7 mi
- #5 - Elbow Turn: 1.8 mi
- Museum of Utah: 0.2 mi
- Church History Museum: 0.4 mi
- Social Hall Museum: 0.6 mi
- Utah Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.6 mi
- Land Cruiser Heritage Museum: 0.8 mi
- Baskin Spring: 4.6 mi
- Wagner Spring: 4.8 mi
- Emigration Tunnel Spring: 5.1 mi
- Indian Spring: 5.2 mi
- Enoch Spring: 5.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 13.1 mi
- Moss Ledge Waterfall: 13.6 mi
- Donut Falls: 16.0 mi
- Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 16.2 mi
- Upper Lisa Falls: 16.3 mi
- Fife Wetland Preserve: 2.4 mi
- H-Rock Open Space: 5.3 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 11.3 mi
- Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 12.6 mi
- Johnson: 9.4 mi
- Bacchus: 13.3 mi
- Bingham Canyon: 19.6 mi
- Lark: 20.4 mi
- Forest City: 22.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 5.8 mi
- Honeycomb Cliffs: 19.0 mi
- Cambria Point: 22.4 mi
- Black Bluff: 23.7 mi
- Industrial Arch: 2.2 mi
- Storm Window Arch: 19.5 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 19.6 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 16.7 mi
- Sunset Beach: 17.6 mi
- Camera Flats: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Pioneer Memorial Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks (East) | SE 145° | 3,453.4 m | 15.5 mi |
| Twin Peaks (West) | SE 145° | 3,452.8 m | 15.4 mi |
| Kesler Peak | SE 132° | 3,170.8 m | 15.7 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | SE 124° | 3,115 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Raymond | SE 129° | 3,108 m | 12.8 mi |
| Wilson Peak | ESE 122° | 3,033 m | 13.5 mi |
| Wildcat Ridge | SE 136° | 2,981 m | 11.4 mi |
| South Thayne Peak | SE 131° | 2,980 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:04 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:20 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 39 | 47 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 79 | 69 | 56 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake Triad CTR, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/603553193
Day trips start here
- Salt Lake City · 1 mi
- Sandy · 14 mi
- Wasatch Range · 15 mi
- Draper · 18 mi
- Park City · 22 mi
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument · 25 mi
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