Ensign Downs Park
Ensign Downs Park is a park in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,505 m. Twin Peaks (West) stands 3,453 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Ensign Peak Memorial Garden, a park 0.1 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 9.4 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 12.9 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 16.1 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Ensign Peak Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
- Warm Springs Park: 0.6 mi
- North Gateway Park: 0.6 mi
- Silver Park: 0.7 mi
- Block Twenty-Four Park: 0.8 mi
- Ensign Peak: 0.3 mi
- Twin Peaks: 2.5 mi
- Dude Benchmark: 3.9 mi
- Mount Wire: 4.9 mi
- Black Mountain (West Summit): 5.0 mi
- Ensign Peak: 0.3 mi
- Fur Trappers and Traders: 0.6 mi
- Edward H. Harriman Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Gold star hill: 0.8 mi
- Capt James R. Austin Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Dog statue: 0.6 mi
- Apricot: 0.9 mi
- Honor: 0.9 mi
- Integrity: 0.9 mi
- Patience: 0.9 mi
- #1 - Raspberry: 0.7 mi
- #2 - Hidden Falls: 0.8 mi
- #3 - Cherry Tree Grove: 0.9 mi
- #4 - Box Elder: 0.9 mi
- #5 - Elbow Turn: 1.0 mi
- Utah State Capitol Building: 0.9 mi
- White Memorial Chapel: 1.0 mi
- McCune Mansion: 1.1 mi
- Church History Library: 1.2 mi
- Temple Square: 1.4 mi
- Rose Park Neighborhood Center Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Gateway Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Fairpark Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Waterfall Garden: 2.1 mi
- Popperton Plots Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Museum of Utah: 0.8 mi
- Pioneer Memorial Museum: 0.9 mi
- Land Cruiser Heritage Museum: 1.0 mi
- Church History Museum: 1.4 mi
- Social Hall Museum: 1.5 mi
- Baskin Spring: 3.6 mi
- Indian Spring: 4.3 mi
- Enoch Spring: 4.5 mi
- Wagner Spring: 5.1 mi
- Emigration Tunnel Spring: 5.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 13.7 mi
- Moss Ledge Waterfall: 14.1 mi
- Donut Falls: 16.5 mi
- Upper Lisa Falls: 17.0 mi
- Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 17.0 mi
- Fife Wetland Preserve: 3.3 mi
- H-Rock Open Space: 5.8 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 10.4 mi
- Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 13.6 mi
- Johnson: 10.3 mi
- Bacchus: 14.0 mi
- Bingham Canyon: 20.4 mi
- Lark: 21.3 mi
- Forest City: 23.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 5.9 mi
- Honeycomb Cliffs: 19.5 mi
- Cambria Point: 22.0 mi
- Black Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Industrial Arch: 1.4 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 20.1 mi
- Storm Window Arch: 20.3 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 17.0 mi
- Sunset Beach: 18.0 mi
- Camera Flats: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Ensign Downs Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks (West) | SSE 147° | 3,452.8 m | 16.1 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | SE 127° | 3,115 m | 13.6 mi |
| Mount Raymond | SE 133° | 3,108 m | 13.3 mi |
| Wilson Peak | SE 125° | 3,033 m | 13.9 mi |
| Wildcat Ridge | SE 140° | 2,981 m | 12.0 mi |
| South Thayne Peak | SE 135° | 2,980 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Olympus East | SE 141° | 2,979 m | 12.0 mi |
| Little Water Peak | ESE 121° | 2,930 m | 15.9 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–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 39 | 47 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 79 | 69 | 56 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake Triad CTR, 1 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel449 obs
- arrowleaf balsamroot281 obs
- Western Honey Bee231 obs
- Donkey Tail207 obs
- Cooper's Hawk185 obs
- House Sparrow166 obs
- American Robin165 obs
- Garden Snail164 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/34088860
Day trips start here
- Salt Lake City · 2 mi
- Sandy · 15 mi
- Wasatch Range · 15 mi
- Draper · 19 mi
- Park City · 22 mi
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument · 26 mi
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