Laird Park
Laird Park is a park in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,412 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lee Charles Miller Bird Refuge and Nature Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway passes 6.5 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 8.1 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 8.9 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 12.2 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Lee Charles Miller Bird Refuge and Nature Park: 0.4 mi
- Bonneville Glen: 0.5 mi
- Wasatch Hollow Nature Area: 0.5 mi
- Davis Park: 0.5 mi
- Wasatch Hollow Park: 0.6 mi
- Tiger and Cubs: 1.1 mi
- Playful Polar Bears Sculpture: 1.1 mi
- Cougar: 1.2 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 1.2 mi
- Eagles Nest: 1.2 mi
- Arabian Sand Cat: 1.1 mi
- Grizzly Bear: 1.1 mi
- Amur Leopard: 1.1 mi
- Amur Tiger: 1.1 mi
- Snow Leopard: 1.1 mi
- Spurt: 1.1 mi
- Marble Seal: 1.2 mi
- Otter: 1.2 mi
- Out Of The Blue: 1.2 mi
- Cheshire cat: 1.2 mi
- Water & Pollinator Conservation Garden: 1.3 mi
- BU C Garden: 1.3 mi
- Sugar House Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Nuh Eevaat Garden: 1.5 mi
- Sill Garden: 1.6 mi
- Solar Plaza: 1.7 mi
- Secret Wayside: 2.0 mi
- #1 - Raspberry: 4.0 mi
- #2 - Hidden Falls: 4.1 mi
- #3 - Cherry Tree Grove: 4.2 mi
- Jacks Peak: 2.3 mi
- Pencil Point: 2.5 mi
- Mount Wire: 2.8 mi
- Perkins Hill: 3.6 mi
- Twin Peaks: 3.6 mi
- Utah Museum of Fine Arts: 1.2 mi
- Fort Douglas Museum: 1.5 mi
- Natural History Museum Of Utah: 1.7 mi
- Garden Exhibits: 1.7 mi
- Chase Home Museum Of Utah Folk Arts: 1.9 mi
- Wagner Spring: 1.9 mi
- Emigration Tunnel Spring: 2.1 mi
- Mount Olympus Spring: 6.2 mi
- Neffs Spring: 6.5 mi
- Baskin Spring: 6.9 mi
- Hidden Falls: 9.6 mi
- Moss Ledge Waterfall: 10.0 mi
- Donut Falls: 12.4 mi
- Upper Lisa Falls: 12.9 mi
- Lisa Falls: 13.1 mi
- H-Rock Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Fife Wetland Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 11.0 mi
- Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Mystic Springs Wetland Educational Area: 12.7 mi
- Johnson: 7.1 mi
- Bacchus: 14.6 mi
- Forest City: 19.3 mi
- Bingham Canyon: 19.9 mi
- Lark: 20.2 mi
- Industrial Arch: 5.5 mi
- Storm Window Arch: 16.8 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 21.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 3.3 mi
- Honeycomb Cliffs: 15.4 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 19.2 mi
- Sunset Beach: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Laird Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks (East) | SSE 149° | 3,453.4 m | 12.0 mi |
| Twin Peaks (West) | SSE 150° | 3,452.8 m | 12.0 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | SSE 147° | 3,436.6 m | 12.4 mi |
| Monte Cristo | SE 140° | 3,393 m | 13.7 mi |
| Dromedary Peak | SE 146° | 3,385.4 m | 12.5 mi |
| Kesler Peak | SE 132° | 3,170.8 m | 12.1 mi |
| Sundial Peak | SE 141° | 3,134 m | 12.8 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | ESE 121° | 3,115 m | 9.6 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 | 20:21 | 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 36 | 45 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 42 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake City E Bench, 1 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel1,457 obs
- Mallard763 obs
- Black-billed Magpie632 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee523 obs
- Western Honey Bee515 obs
- Eastern Boxelder Bug425 obs
- Canada Goose401 obs
- Hunt's Bumble Bee350 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/367536580
Day trips start here
- Salt Lake City · 3 mi
- Sandy · 12 mi
- Wasatch Range · 12 mi
- Draper · 16 mi
- Park City · 19 mi
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument · 22 mi
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