Skip to content
Byway
Museum · Utah

Sandy Museum

Sandy Museum from directly overhead

Sandy Museum is a museum in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,358 m. Twin Peaks (west) stands 3,502 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Main Street Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.59257, -111.88606

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Main Street Park: 0.1 mi
  • Scott Cowdell Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Copperview Recreation Center Park: 0.9 mi
  • Pebble Glen Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Classic Fun Center: 0.8 mi
  • Aquarium Fin/Wave: 4.2 mi
  • EECO Voyager: 4.2 mi
  • Crazy Corn Maze: 5.3 mi
  • Fat Cats: 6.9 mi
Artworks
  • Look At Me: 1.0 mi
  • Glaciated Mass: 1.0 mi
  • 16 Triangles: 1.0 mi
  • Mountain Motion: 1.1 mi
  • Saint Joseph the Worker: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Flatiron Mesa: 2.3 mi
  • Hounds Tooth: 6.3 mi
  • Potato Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Red Rock: 7.4 mi
  • Mount Olympus: 7.5 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Wheeler Farm: 3.1 mi
  • Outdoor Eating at Cyprus Credit Union: 5.4 mi
  • Site 1: 6.5 mi
  • Site 2: 6.5 mi
  • Dogwood Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
Springs
  • Beaver Ponds Springs: 4.9 mi
  • Beaver Ponds Springs: 4.9 mi
  • Beaver Ponds Springs: 4.9 mi
  • Beaver Ponds Springs: 4.9 mi
  • Granite Spring: 5.2 mi
Museums: 43
  • Midvale Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
  • Automotive Addiction: 2.2 mi
  • Wheeler Farm House: 3.2 mi
  • Gale Center: 3.3 mi
  • West Jordan Historical Society: 3.3 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Rocky Mouth Canyon Waterfall: 5.5 mi
  • Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 6.5 mi
  • Upper Bells Canyon Waterfall: 7.0 mi
  • Ghost Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Lisa Falls: 8.4 mi
Nature reserves: 11
  • Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 1.6 mi
  • Mystic Springs Wetland Educational Area: 2.2 mi
  • South Jordan City Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 2.9 mi
  • South Jordan City Southeast Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 3.3 mi
  • Galena Soónkahni Preserve: 6.2 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Beaches: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Storm Window Arch: 7.4 mi
  • Industrial Arch: 14.8 mi
  • Hole in the Rock.: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Saratoga Hot Springs: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Sandy Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin Peaks (west)ESE 103°3,501.8 m12.4 mi
Twin Peaks (east)ESE 103°3,484.8 m12.7 mi
Geek PeakESE 105°3,471 m12.7 mi
Twin Peaks (East)E 89°3,453.4 m8.7 mi
The PfeifferhornESE 113°3,453 m10.3 mi
Twin Peaks (West)E 90°3,452.8 m8.5 mi
White BaldyESE 111°3,451 m11.5 mi
Sunrise PeakE 91°3,436.6 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5820:2121:03
September equinox07:1618:5019:26
December solstice07:4916:2117:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303644505970797768544031
Precip in2.22.32.73.32.81.40.60.91.62.12.12.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cottonwood Weir, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/342119762

More museums in Utah

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore museums
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Sandy Museum.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens