Lake Canyon Wildlife Management Area
Lake Canyon Wildlife Management Area is a park in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 2,293 m. Strawberry Peak stands 3,125 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Knoll, a peak 5.5 miles away. Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2293 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
- 19.3 mi off the Energy Loop Extension - US-6 from Colton to Helper
- 21.1 mi off the Energy Loop Huntington & Eccles Canyon, National
64 named places within 25 miles
- Buck Knoll: 5.5 mi
- Gray Head Peak: 6.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Currant Creek Mountain: 12.2 mi
- The Knolls: 13.6 mi
- Skitzy Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
- Avintaquin Wildlife Management Area: 10.2 mi
- Rabbit Gulch Wildlife Management Area: 14.6 mi
- Bamberger Monument: 15.2 mi
- Sowers Canyon Wildlife Management Area: 15.3 mi
- Cabin Spring: 18.8 mi
- White Point Spring: 19.1 mi
- Truck Spring: 19.6 mi
- Soldier Springs: 22.1 mi
- Soldier Springs: 22.2 mi
- Kyune: 19.1 mi
- Colton: 20.9 mi
- Royal: 21.4 mi
- Soldier Summit: 22.1 mi
- Harper: 22.8 mi
- Duchesne "D": 17.7 mi
- Strawberry River Day Use Area: 19.7 mi
- Historic CONOCO Station: 24.8 mi
- Timber Point: 9.7 mi
- Roan Cliffs: 15.2 mi
- Potter Castle: 18.7 mi
- Soldier Summit Historical Marker: 21.9 mi
- The Helper Museum: 24.8 mi
- Western Mining and Railroad Museum: 24.8 mi
- Pinion Ridge Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Currant Creek Wildlife Management Area: 17.6 mi
- Jesus Christ: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Canyon Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Peak | W 278° | 3,125 m | 16.1 mi |
| Strawberry North Summit | W 279° | 3,117 m | 16.0 mi |
| Tabby Mountain | NNW 345° | 3,051 m | 23.9 mi |
| Indian Head | SW 230° | 3,033 m | 15.1 mi |
| Cat Peak | WSW 241° | 2,972 m | 16.8 mi |
| Gray Head Peak | SW 220° | 2,886 m | 6.3 mi |
| Square Top Mountain | NW 305° | 2,797 m | 24.4 mi |
| Gremo Hill | W 265° | 2,763 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:15 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:18 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 29 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Duchesne, 18 mi away.
- Great Basin bristlecone pine5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356681588
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