Millsite State Park
Millsite State Park is a park in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,900 m. Heliotrope Mountain stands 3,399 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Nelson Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Energy Loop Huntington & Eccles Canyon passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1900 m
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Energy Loop Huntington & Eccles Canyon, National
- 20.7 mi off the Energy Loop Extension - SR-31 to Huntington St Pk
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Nelson Mountain: 2.0 mi
- South Horn Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Nelson Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Dry Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Youngs Peak: 4.9 mi
- Stinking Spring: 5.8 mi
- Wrigley Spring: 6.8 mi
- Short Canyon Spring: 10.0 mi
- Hendrick Spring: 14.8 mi
- Hiram Corral Spring: 15.5 mi
- Dinosaur Trackway: 11.3 mi
- Petroglyphs: 11.3 mi
- Rochester Creek Rock Art Panel: 13.0 mi
- Arch: 17.3 mi
- Grove of the Aspen Giants Scenic Area: 18.3 mi
- LDS Church Park: 3.0 mi
- LDS Church Park: 3.2 mi
- Ferron City Park and Playground: 3.3 mi
- Clawson City Park: 5.7 mi
- Wilberg Memorial: 11.7 mi
- East Rim: 10.0 mi
- The Breaks: 14.5 mi
- Sand Bench Rim: 15.5 mi
- Coal Cliffs: 16.5 mi
- Clay Bank: 19.0 mi
- Pioneer Settlement Historic Marker: 3.2 mi
- Emery County Veterans Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Museum of the San Rafael: 12.6 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 12.6 mi
- Salt Wash View Area: 18.4 mi
- Sand Bench View Area: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Millsite State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heliotrope Mountain | W 277° | 3,399 m | 14.1 mi |
| Little Mountain | NNW 339° | 3,332 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Baldy | W 278° | 3,328 m | 17.2 mi |
| High Top | WNW 285° | 3,324 m | 16.3 mi |
| Marys Nipple | W 260° | 3,311 m | 21.0 mi |
| Heliotrope Point | W 272° | 3,308 m | 13.1 mi |
| White Mountain | WSW 248° | 3,297 m | 16.0 mi |
| Block Mountain | W 265° | 3,289 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:15 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 32 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ferron, 3 mi away.
- Colorado Pinyon5 obs
- Smallflower Fishhook Cactus4 obs
- Dwarf Yucca3 obs
- Canada Goose2 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard2 obs
- Utah Serviceberry2 obs
- Dwarf sand verbena2 obs
- Wyoming Paintbrush2 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/356684824
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