Rio Grande Depot
Rio Grande Depot is a museum in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,292 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is SLC Pepper, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
former train station in Salt Lake City, Utah
Dates from 1910.
Wikidata Q5259810, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 18 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 11.6 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 14.7 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- SLC Pepper: 0.1 mi
- Urban Ear: 0.2 mi
- Whirl Wind: 0.2 mi
- Strut: 0.3 mi
- Metro Skull: 0.4 mi
- Pioneer Park: 0.2 mi
- 500 West Street Commons: 0.3 mi
- 500 West Street Commons: 0.4 mi
- Olympic Legacy Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Kilowatt Commons Park: 0.6 mi
- Pioneer Square: 0.2 mi
- Utah’s First Fort: 0.3 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 0.8 mi
- Site Of A Pony Express Station: 0.8 mi
- Seagull Monument: 0.8 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 0.3 mi
- Dreamscapes: 0.5 mi
- Deveraux House: 0.5 mi
- Family History Library: 0.7 mi
- Temple Square: 0.8 mi
- Gateway Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- 9-Line Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Waterfall Garden: 1.1 mi
- Fairpark Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- English Garden: 1.3 mi
- Ensign Peak: 2.3 mi
- Twin Peaks: 4.0 mi
- Mount Wire: 5.6 mi
- Dude Benchmark: 5.9 mi
- Jacks Peak: 6.0 mi
- #1 - Raspberry: 2.6 mi
- #2 - Hidden Falls: 2.8 mi
- #3 - Cherry Tree Grove: 2.8 mi
- #4 - Box Elder: 2.9 mi
- #5 - Elbow Turn: 3.0 mi
- Clark Planetarium: 0.3 mi
- Discovery Gateway Children's Museum: 0.3 mi
- Classic Cars International Museum: 0.6 mi
- Utah Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.7 mi
- Church History Museum: 0.8 mi
- Wagner Spring: 5.3 mi
- Emigration Tunnel Spring: 5.6 mi
- Baskin Spring: 5.7 mi
- Indian Spring: 6.4 mi
- Enoch Spring: 6.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 12.9 mi
- Moss Ledge Waterfall: 13.4 mi
- Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 15.6 mi
- Upper Lisa Falls: 15.9 mi
- Donut Falls: 16.0 mi
- Fife Wetland Preserve: 1.3 mi
- H-Rock Open Space: 5.4 mi
- Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 11.6 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 12.2 mi
- Johnson: 8.6 mi
- Bacchus: 12.2 mi
- Bingham Canyon: 18.4 mi
- Lark: 19.3 mi
- Forest City: 22.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 6.5 mi
- Honeycomb Cliffs: 19.0 mi
- Cambria Point: 22.3 mi
- Black Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Industrial Arch: 3.0 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 18.6 mi
- Storm Window Arch: 18.7 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 15.8 mi
- Sunset Beach: 16.8 mi
- Camera Flats: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Rio Grande Depot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks (East) | SE 140° | 3,453.4 m | 15.1 mi |
| Twin Peaks (West) | SE 141° | 3,452.8 m | 15.1 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | SE 139° | 3,436.6 m | 15.6 mi |
| Dromedary Peak | SE 138° | 3,385.4 m | 15.7 mi |
| Kesler Peak | SE 128° | 3,170.8 m | 15.6 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | ESE 119° | 3,115 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mount Raymond | SE 124° | 3,108 m | 12.8 mi |
| Wilson Peak | ESE 117° | 3,033 m | 13.6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/33148441
Day trips start here
- Salt Lake City · 1 mi
- Sandy · 13 mi
- Wasatch Range · 16 mi
- Draper · 17 mi
- Park City · 22 mi
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument · 25 mi
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