Utah Museum of Fine Arts
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Utah Museum of Fine Arts is a museum in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,442 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rex, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off.
The story
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is a state and university art museum located in downtown Salt Lake City on the University of Utah campus. Housed in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building near Rice-Eccles Stadium, the museum holds a permanent collection of nearly 20,000 art objects. Works of art are displayed on a rotating basis.
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Dates from 1951-05-06.
Wikidata Q2502866, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1442 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 7.2 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 10.1 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 13.4 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Water & Pollinator Conservation Garden: 0.1 mi
- BU C Garden: 0.1 mi
- Sill Garden: 0.3 mi
- Nuh Eevaat Garden: 0.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 1.1 mi
- Block U: 0.3 mi
- Block U: 1.3 mi
- Grizzly Bear: 1.4 mi
- Polar Bear: 1.4 mi
- Harbor Seal & Sea Lion: 1.5 mi
- 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Cauldron: 0.4 mi
- Price Family Holocaust Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- Bennett Vista Trail: 1.3 mi
- LDS Tenth Ward Square: 1.3 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 1.3 mi
- Presidents Circle: 0.5 mi
- Sunnyside Park: 0.6 mi
- Chapel Glen: 0.6 mi
- Reservoir Park: 0.8 mi
- Lee Charles Miller Bird Refuge and Nature Park: 0.8 mi
- Solar Plaza: 0.8 mi
- Secret Wayside: 1.2 mi
- #1 - Raspberry: 2.9 mi
- #2 - Hidden Falls: 3.0 mi
- #3 - Cherry Tree Grove: 3.0 mi
- Twin Peaks: 2.4 mi
- Mount Wire: 2.4 mi
- Jacks Peak: 2.9 mi
- Pencil Point: 3.4 mi
- Ensign Peak: 3.4 mi
- Fort Douglas Museum: 0.6 mi
- Garden Exhibits: 1.1 mi
- Natural History Museum Of Utah: 1.1 mi
- Trolley History Museum: 1.6 mi
- Alice Gallery: 1.7 mi
- Wagner Spring: 2.1 mi
- Emigration Tunnel Spring: 2.4 mi
- Baskin Spring: 5.7 mi
- Indian Spring: 6.2 mi
- Enoch Spring: 6.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 10.7 mi
- Moss Ledge Waterfall: 11.0 mi
- Donut Falls: 13.3 mi
- Upper Lisa Falls: 14.0 mi
- Lisa Falls: 14.2 mi
- H-Rock Open Space: 2.7 mi
- Fife Wetland Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 12.1 mi
- Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 12.8 mi
- Johnson: 8.3 mi
- Bacchus: 14.9 mi
- Forest City: 20.4 mi
- Bingham Canyon: 20.5 mi
- Lark: 21.0 mi
- Industrial Arch: 4.5 mi
- Storm Window Arch: 18.0 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 21.7 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 19.0 mi
- Sunset Beach: 19.9 mi
- Camera Flats: 24.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 3.2 mi
- Honeycomb Cliffs: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks (East) | SSE 151° | 3,453.4 m | 13.2 mi |
| Twin Peaks (West) | SSE 151° | 3,452.8 m | 13.1 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | SSE 149° | 3,436.6 m | 13.6 mi |
| Dromedary Peak | SSE 148° | 3,385.4 m | 13.6 mi |
| Kesler Peak | SE 136° | 3,170.8 m | 13.1 mi |
| Sundial Peak | SE 144° | 3,134 m | 13.9 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | SE 126° | 3,115 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Raymond | SE 133° | 3,108 m | 10.2 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 36 | 45 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 42 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake City E Bench, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/366386033
Day trips start here
- Salt Lake City · 2 mi
- Wasatch Range · 12 mi
- Sandy · 13 mi
- Draper · 17 mi
- Park City · 19 mi
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument · 23 mi
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