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Presidents Circle

Presidents Circle from directly overhead

Presidents Circle is a park in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,417 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Nuh Eevaat Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.76500, -111.85091

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Attractions
  • Block U: 0.2 mi
  • Block U: 1.1 mi
  • Mercer Park Fountain: 1.3 mi
  • David Keith Mansion and Carriage House: 1.3 mi
  • Carousel: 1.9 mi
Parks
  • Reservoir Park: 0.3 mi
  • Wasatch Elementary School Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Victory Park: 0.5 mi
  • Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Faultline Gardens Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums: 60
Picnic sites
Peaks
Springs: 51
  • Wagner Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Emigration Tunnel Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Baskin Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Indian Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Enoch Spring: 6.1 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Hidden Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Moss Ledge Waterfall: 11.6 mi
  • Donut Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Upper Lisa Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Lisa Falls: 14.7 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 3
  • Industrial Arch: 4.0 mi
  • Storm Window Arch: 18.3 mi
  • Hole in the Rock.: 21.4 mi
Beaches: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Presidents Circle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin Peaks (East)SSE 150°3,453.4 m13.6 mi
Twin Peaks (West)SSE 151°3,452.8 m13.6 mi
Sunrise PeakSSE 149°3,436.6 m14.1 mi
Dromedary PeakSSE 147°3,385.4 m14.1 mi
Kesler PeakSE 135°3,170.8 m13.6 mi
Gobblers KnobSE 126°3,115 m11.0 mi
Mount RaymondSE 133°3,108 m10.7 mi
Wilson PeakSE 124°3,033 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5720:2221:03
September equinox07:1618:5019:26
December solstice07:4916:2017:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343947536272817969564434
Precip in1.51.52.02.52.11.10.60.61.31.41.61.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake Triad CTR, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,300 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie670 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee586 obs
  • Western Honey Bee557 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug444 obs
  • Mule Deer430 obs
  • arrowleaf balsamroot395 obs
  • Hunt's Bumble Bee382 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/148591007

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