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Sherwood Park

Sherwood Park from directly overhead

Sherwood Park is a park in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,289 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Alzheimer’s Wildlife Grove, a park 0.3 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.76209, -111.93200
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alzheimer’s Wildlife Grove: 0.3 mi
  • Poplar Grove Park: 0.8 mi
  • Post Street Tot Lot: 0.8 mi
  • Madsen Park: 0.9 mi
  • Dog area: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Daylight: 0.8 mi
  • Red Iguana: 1.0 mi
  • Strut: 1.2 mi
  • Airplane: 1.2 mi
  • Metro Skull: 1.3 mi
Gardens
  • 9-Line Orchard: 1.0 mi
  • Fairpark Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Og-woi People's Orchard and Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • Italian Garden: 1.1 mi
  • English Garden: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Museums
Peaks
Picnic sites
Springs: 49
  • Salt Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Baskin Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Wagner Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Emigration Tunnel Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Indian Spring: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Hidden Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Moss Ledge Waterfall: 14.5 mi
  • Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 16.3 mi
  • Rocky Mouth Canyon Waterfall: 16.6 mi
  • Upper Bells Canyon Waterfall: 16.7 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Industrial Arch: 3.4 mi
  • Hole in the Rock.: 17.3 mi
  • Storm Window Arch: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Sherwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin Peaks (East)SE 136°3,453.4 m16.0 mi
Twin Peaks (West)SE 137°3,452.8 m16.0 mi
Gobblers KnobESE 116°3,115 m14.5 mi
Mount RaymondESE 121°3,108 m14.0 mi
Wilson PeakESE 114°3,033 m14.9 mi
Wildcat RidgeSE 126°2,981 m12.3 mi
South Thayne PeakESE 121°2,980 m12.8 mi
Mount Olympus EastSE 127°2,979 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5720:2221:03
September equinox07:1618:5019:27
December solstice07:4916:2017:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313746526272817968554232
Precip in1.41.31.82.21.80.90.50.61.11.31.31.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake City Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel272 obs
  • Mallard269 obs
  • European Firebug160 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle116 obs
  • Garden Snail116 obs
  • Redstem Stork's-bill105 obs
  • Canada Goose101 obs
  • crossflower87 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1030787973

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