Lee Charles Miller Bird Refuge and Nature Park
Lee Charles Miller Bird Refuge and Nature Park is a park in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,408 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bonneville Glen, a park 0.2 miles away. Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Salt Lake City
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 7.7 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 9.3 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 12.6 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Bonneville Glen: 0.2 mi
- Sunnyside Park: 0.3 mi
- Laird Park: 0.4 mi
- Davis Park: 0.5 mi
- Beatrice Evans Park: 0.6 mi
- 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Cauldron: 0.8 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 1.3 mi
- Tiger and Cubs: 1.3 mi
- Mormon Batallion Monument: 1.3 mi
- Playful Polar Bears Sculpture: 1.3 mi
- Out Of The Blue: 0.8 mi
- Rex: 0.9 mi
- Swoop: 0.9 mi
- Spurt: 1.0 mi
- University Of Utah Gymnastics: 1.1 mi
- Water & Pollinator Conservation Garden: 0.9 mi
- BU C Garden: 0.9 mi
- Nuh Eevaat Garden: 1.1 mi
- Sill Garden: 1.2 mi
- Harrison Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Block U: 1.1 mi
- Grizzly Bear: 1.3 mi
- Polar Bear: 1.3 mi
- Arabian Sand Cat: 1.3 mi
- Amur Leopard: 1.3 mi
- Solar Plaza: 1.5 mi
- Secret Wayside: 1.8 mi
- #1 - Raspberry: 3.6 mi
- #2 - Hidden Falls: 3.7 mi
- #3 - Cherry Tree Grove: 3.7 mi
- Jacks Peak: 2.6 mi
- Mount Wire: 2.8 mi
- Pencil Point: 2.9 mi
- Twin Peaks: 3.2 mi
- Perkins Hill: 3.8 mi
- Utah Museum of Fine Arts: 0.8 mi
- Fort Douglas Museum: 1.2 mi
- Natural History Museum Of Utah: 1.5 mi
- Garden Exhibits: 1.6 mi
- Chase Home Museum Of Utah Folk Arts: 1.6 mi
- Wagner Spring: 2.1 mi
- Emigration Tunnel Spring: 2.3 mi
- Baskin Spring: 6.5 mi
- Mount Olympus Spring: 6.6 mi
- Neffs Spring: 6.9 mi
- Hidden Falls: 10.0 mi
- Moss Ledge Waterfall: 10.4 mi
- Donut Falls: 12.8 mi
- Upper Lisa Falls: 13.3 mi
- Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 13.5 mi
- H-Rock Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Fife Wetland Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 11.3 mi
- Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Mystic Springs Wetland Educational Area: 13.0 mi
- Johnson: 7.4 mi
- Bacchus: 14.5 mi
- Forest City: 19.8 mi
- Bingham Canyon: 20.0 mi
- Lark: 20.3 mi
- Industrial Arch: 5.1 mi
- Storm Window Arch: 17.1 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 21.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 3.4 mi
- Honeycomb Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 18.9 mi
- Sunset Beach: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Lee Charles Miller Bird Refuge and Nature 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 | 12.5 mi |
| Twin Peaks (West) | SSE 149° | 3,452.8 m | 12.4 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | SSE 147° | 3,436.6 m | 12.9 mi |
| Dromedary Peak | SE 146° | 3,385.4 m | 12.9 mi |
| Kesler Peak | SE 133° | 3,170.8 m | 12.5 mi |
| Sundial Peak | SE 141° | 3,134 m | 13.2 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | ESE 122° | 3,115 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Raymond | SE 130° | 3,108 m | 9.7 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–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, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel1,577 obs
- Mallard776 obs
- Black-billed Magpie714 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee658 obs
- Western Honey Bee579 obs
- Eastern Boxelder Bug452 obs
- Canada Goose413 obs
- Hunt's Bumble Bee403 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/855569581
Day trips start here
- Salt Lake City · 2 mi
- Sandy · 12 mi
- Wasatch Range · 13 mi
- Draper · 16 mi
- Park City · 19 mi
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument · 22 mi
Take the scenic way to Lee Charles Miller Bird Refuge and Nature Park.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.