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Allen Park

Allen Park from directly overhead

Allen Park is a park in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,349 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Blaine Natural Area, a park 0.3 miles away. Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway passes 7.3 miles off.

What to expect

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Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72993, -111.85188

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Blaine Natural Area: 0.3 mi
  • Hidden Hollow: 0.5 mi
  • Sugar House Park: 0.5 mi
  • Wasatch Hollow Park: 0.6 mi
  • Westminster Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
  • Cheshire cat: 0.3 mi
  • Sego Lily Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Sugar Beets: 0.4 mi
  • Sugar Beets: 0.5 mi
  • Fiddler's: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Joe Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Parley: 1.4 mi
  • The Chase Mill: 1.5 mi
  • Pioneer Home, Isaac Chase - Brigham Young: 1.6 mi
  • D. A. R.: 1.6 mi
Attractions
  • Gospel Grace Church: 1.3 mi
  • Carousel: 1.6 mi
  • Arabian Sand Cat: 2.2 mi
  • Amur Leopard: 2.2 mi
  • Amur Tiger: 2.2 mi
Museums: 60
Picnic sites
Peaks
Springs: 53
  • Wagner Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Emigration Tunnel Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Mount Olympus Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Neffs Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Baskin Spring: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Hidden Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Moss Ledge Waterfall: 9.8 mi
  • Donut Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 12.4 mi
  • Upper Lisa Falls: 12.4 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Ghost towns: 8
Natural arches: 3
  • Industrial Arch: 5.9 mi
  • Storm Window Arch: 15.9 mi
  • Hole in the Rock.: 20.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Allen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin Peaks (East)SE 144°3,453.4 m11.6 mi
Twin Peaks (West)SE 144°3,452.8 m11.6 mi
Sunrise PeakSE 142°3,436.6 m12.1 mi
Monte CristoSE 135°3,393 m13.5 mi
Dromedary PeakSE 141°3,385.4 m12.2 mi
Mount SuperiorSE 134°3,364 m13.6 mi
Kesler PeakSE 127°3,170.8 m12.0 mi
Sundial PeakSE 136°3,134 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5720:2221:03
September equinox07:1618:5019:26
December solstice07:4916:2017:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313645516069787666534232

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake City E Bench, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,099 obs
  • Mallard845 obs
  • Canada Goose339 obs
  • Western Honey Bee322 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee260 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider243 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk240 obs
  • box elder190 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/865044462

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