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Howard Slough Waterfowl Management Area

Howard Slough Waterfowl Management Area from directly overhead

Howard Slough Waterfowl Management Area is a nature reserve in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,282 m. Willard Peak stands 2,976 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Arnold T Bingham Memorial Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Ogden River Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1282 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.11791, -112.14330
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Arnold T Bingham Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Loy F. Blake Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Rock Creek Park: 2.6 mi
  • Kestrel Park: 3.0 mi
  • Hooper Park: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Beacon Knob: 7.8 mi
  • Buffalo Point: 8.6 mi
  • Dooly Knob: 9.2 mi
  • Coyote Ridge: 9.9 mi
  • David E Miller Hill: 10.0 mi
Historic sites: 33
  • Original Hooper Flag Pole: 3.2 mi
  • Muskrat Springs Historical Marker: 3.7 mi
  • Dellenbach: 5.2 mi
  • US Army Ranger and Air Force Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • Minuteman: 6.6 mi
Museums: 33
Springs: 26
  • Hooper Hot Springs: 2.1 mi
  • Dairy Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Ogden Hot Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Mushroom Springs: 14.0 mi
  • Wheeler Spring: 16.0 mi
Artworks: 15
Attractions: 12
  • Fat Cats: 4.3 mi
  • Tepanyaki: 7.9 mi
  • Classic Fun Center: 8.6 mi
  • Fort Buenaventura: 10.4 mi
  • Frary Gravesite Interpretive Trail: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Beaches: 9
  • Bridger Bay Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Camera Flats: 7.7 mi
  • Jones Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Windsurfer Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Cemetery Point Beach: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
Nature reserves: 4
  • Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
  • The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve: 6.7 mi
  • Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 7.1 mi
  • Legacy Nature Reserve: 17.5 mi
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Industrial Arch: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Howard Slough Waterfowl Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Willard PeakNNE 26°2,976 m20.3 mi
Ben LomondNNE 29°2,960 m19.4 mi
Thurston PeakE 99°2,954 m15.4 mi
Mount OgdenENE 67°2,917 m14.7 mi
Francis PeakESE 110°2,904 m16.9 mi
Snow Horse RidgeESE 104°2,893 m15.8 mi
Allen PeakENE 66°2,885 m14.7 mi
Willard MountainNNE 23°2,867 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0519:41
June solstice05:5720:2421:05
September equinox07:1718:5119:27
December solstice07:5116:2017:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293343495968787665524030
Precip in1.51.51.72.02.21.10.40.71.11.71.21.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ogden Hinkley AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/68862357

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