- Elevation, modelled
- 1,310 m
- Tallest summit within 18.5 miles
- Thurston Peak2,954 m · 11.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway1.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 21:04local time
- Coordinates
- 40.9205, -111.8782
Founders Park is a park in Utah, at a modelled 1,310 m. Thurston Peak stands 2,954 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Whitaker: Centerville's Heritage Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Founders Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurston Peak | N 7° | 2,954 m | 11.3 mi |
| Francis Peak | NNE 15° | 2,904 m | 8.1 mi |
| Snow Horse Ridge | N 9° | 2,893 m | 9.9 mi |
| Grandview Peak | SE 126° | 2,866 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bountiful Peak | NE 46° | 2,823 m | 4.4 mi |
| Sessions Mountain (west) | ESE 120° | 2,822 m | 6.6 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | N 2° | 2,802 m | 18.0 mi |
| Sessions Mountain (east) | ESE 117° | 2,791 m | 7.8 mi |
- 1.1 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 11.2 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 21.2 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 21.9 mi off the Ogden River Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- The Whitaker: Centerville's Heritage Museum: 0.1 mi
- Bountiful Historical Museum: 1.9 mi
- City of Farmington Museum: 4.3 mi
- Telephone Museum: 4.4 mi
- Miniature Circus / Toy & Doll Museum: 4.4 mi
Parks
- Porter Walton Park: 0.5 mi
- Island View Park: 0.8 mi
- Community Park: 1.0 mi
- West Bountiful City Park: 1.1 mi
- Smoot Park: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
- Daniel Wood Cemetery: 2.5 mi
- Bountiful Veterans Park: 2.7 mi
- Echo Peak Memorial Benches: 3.1 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 4.4 mi
- Salt Lake Temple Builders Monument: 4.5 mi
Peaks
- Bountiful Peak: 4.4 mi
- Jeep Benchmark: 4.4 mi
- Flag Rock: 4.6 mi
- Cave Peak: 5.4 mi
- Gold Ridge: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites
- Village Green: 4.4 mi
- Mueller Park: 4.7 mi
- Group Site 17: 4.8 mi
- Group Site 18: 4.9 mi
- Group Site 19: 4.9 mi
Attractions
- Wild Mouse: 4.5 mi
- Carousel: 4.5 mi
- S & S Shortline Railroad Park and Museum: 5.3 mi
- Cross E Ranch: 6.7 mi
- Snow Horse: 9.8 mi
Artworks
- Engine 86: 4.6 mi
- Bulgy The Whale: 4.6 mi
- Dog statue: 9.3 mi
- Dairy Cats: 9.5 mi
- Apricot: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 54
- Bountiful Temple Underground Garden: 3.0 mi
- Rasmussen Teaching Garden: 7.6 mi
- Rose Park Neighborhood Center Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Rose Park Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Popperton Plots Community Garden: 10.0 mi
Springs: 39
- Enoch Spring: 4.7 mi
- Indian Spring: 5.0 mi
- Baskin Spring: 5.6 mi
- Wagner Spring: 12.2 mi
- Emigration Tunnel Spring: 12.4 mi
Nature reserves: 12
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 1.9 mi
- Fife Wetland Preserve: 12.0 mi
- The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve: 12.8 mi
- H-Rock Open Space: 13.6 mi
- East Canyon Wildlife Management Area: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 8
- Camera Flats: 16.9 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 21.4 mi
- Bridger Bay Beach: 21.6 mi
- Sunset Beach: 22.4 mi
- Anderson Cove Beach: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Adams Canyon Lower Falls: 10.1 mi
- Adams Canyon Waterfall: 10.1 mi
- Hidden Falls: 21.3 mi
- Moss Ledge Waterfall: 21.5 mi
- Donut Falls: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Rattlesnake Point: 12.1 mi
- Cambria Point: 19.7 mi
- Black Bluff: 20.1 mi
- Witch Rocks: 22.6 mi
- Ninth Street Crag: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
- Industrial Arch: 8.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:04 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:22 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:19 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 34 | 42 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 74 | 65 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bountiful Bench, 3 mi away.
Day trips start here
- Salt Lake City · 11 mi
- Wasatch Range · 17 mi
- Ogden · 22 mi
- Sandy · 24 mi
- Park City · 27 mi
- Draper · 28 mi
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