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Bud Phelps Wildlife Management Area

Bud Phelps Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Bud Phelps Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,345 m. Naomi Peak stands 3,041 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Taylor Park, a park 2.0 miles away. Logan Canyon Scenic Byway passes 7.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.72773, -111.93227

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Taylor Park: 2.0 mi
  • Mendon Square: 2.6 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 2.9 mi
  • Trapper Park: 3.3 mi
  • Maple View Park: 3.3 mi
Peaks
  • Black Rock: 5.8 mi
  • Mendon Peak: 5.9 mi
  • Cache Butte: 6.0 mi
  • Scout Peak: 6.1 mi
  • The Point: 6.5 mi
Springs: 52
  • Tom Muir Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Walter Ahern Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Leatham Hollow Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Red Ledge Spring: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 47
Cliffs: 22
  • Pleasant View Point: 6.3 mi
  • Hell's Kitchen Cove: 7.3 mi
  • Close to Home: 7.7 mi
  • Date Wall: 7.8 mi
  • First Practice Wall: 9.1 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Mendon War Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Wellsville Veterans' Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • Champ Drive Commemorative Plaque: 6.2 mi
  • The Limestone Quarry: 6.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 17
Museums: 6
  • Cache Valley DUP (Daughters of the Utah Pioneers) Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Millville Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Bear River Valley Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Methodist Episcopal Church: 15.5 mi
  • Brigham City Museum: 15.6 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Gardens: 3
  • Hope Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Nuwuh Boheep: 5.7 mi
  • Permaculture Garden: 6.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • First Waterfall: 10.1 mi
  • Easter Falls: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Hot springs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Eagle Beach: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Bud Phelps Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Naomi PeakNE 46°3,041 m18.3 mi
Cherry PeakNE 42°2,982 m18.2 mi
Mount MagogNE 47°2,972 m19.3 mi
Logan PeakE 95°2,959 m11.1 mi
Mount ElmerNE 55°2,943 m15.2 mi
Providence PeakE 98°2,922 m11.4 mi
Mount JardineENE 58°2,917 m13.9 mi
Box Elder PeakSSW 214°2,855 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0319:40
June solstice05:5420:2421:07
September equinox07:1618:5019:27
December solstice07:5216:1617:01

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232738465564727061483625
Precip in1.71.41.71.92.01.10.50.61.31.61.31.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Logan Radio Kvnu, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1219565766

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