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Browns Park Waterfowl Area

Browns Park Waterfowl Area from directly overhead

Browns Park Waterfowl Area is a nature reserve in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,655 m. Dyer Mountain stands 3,116 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridgeport, a ghost town 1.1 miles away. Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1655 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.88746, -109.14818

Overlooks nearby

Around it

80 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 53
  • Whisky Peak: 1.8 mi
  • White Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Band Box Butte: 3.4 mi
  • Head of Cottonwood: 4.0 mi
  • Kings Point: 4.1 mi
Parks: 13
  • Browns Park Waterfowl Management Area: 5.2 mi
  • Clay Basin Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi
  • Marshall Draw Wildlife Management Area: 8.6 mi
  • Little Hole Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
  • Warren Draw Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Historic sites: 3
  • Doc Parson Place: 1.7 mi
  • Three Corners Monument: 9.4 mi
  • Firefighters Memorial: 15.8 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 1
  • John Jarvie Ranch Historic Site (BLM): 1.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • On-Off Falls: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Browns Park Waterfowl Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dyer MountainWSW 245°3,116 m24.5 mi
Mount LenaWSW 244°2,972 m15.6 mi
Diamond PeakENE 73°2,946 m14.7 mi
Limber FlagWSW 239°2,895 m17.5 mi
Pine MountainNE 39°2,865 m13.1 mi
Limestone MountainSW 231°2,826 m15.6 mi
Little MountainNNW 331°2,761 m15.4 mi
Kleins HillNE 43°2,755 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5319:29
June solstice05:4620:1120:53
September equinox07:0518:3919:15
December solstice07:3916:0916:52

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263140475565726961493626
Precip in0.60.50.51.01.60.90.71.11.11.30.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jarvie RCH, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356683035

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