Skitzy Wildlife Management Area
Skitzy Wildlife Management Area is a park in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 2,239 m. Strawberry Peak stands 3,125 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Knoll, a peak 3.3 miles away. Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 41 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2239 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
- 27.9 mi off the Energy Loop Extension - US-6 from Colton to Helper
- 29.8 mi off the Energy Loop Huntington & Eccles Canyon, National
41 named places within 25 miles
- Buck Knoll: 3.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Blacktail Mountain: 12.5 mi
- Anthro Mountain: 13.5 mi
- Gray Head Peak: 14.9 mi
- Sowers Canyon Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
- Rabbit Gulch Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Lake Canyon Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
- Duchesne City and Roy Park: 9.2 mi
- Veterans Park: 9.2 mi
- Timber Point: 14.6 mi
- Roan Cliffs: 21.6 mi
- Bad Land Cliffs: 24.5 mi
- Tonigut Spring: 21.0 mi
- Currant Spring: 22.8 mi
- Duchesne "D": 9.0 mi
- Potter Castle: 10.0 mi
- Pinion Ridge Rest Area: 12.3 mi
- Currant Creek Wildlife Management Area: 20.5 mi
- Harper: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Skitzy Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Peak | W 264° | 3,125 m | 23.5 mi |
| Strawberry North Summit | W 265° | 3,117 m | 23.3 mi |
| Tabby Mountain | NW 324° | 3,051 m | 22.8 mi |
| Indian Head | SW 233° | 3,033 m | 23.7 mi |
| Dry Mountain | N 351° | 3,002 m | 23.7 mi |
| Gray Head Peak | SW 230° | 2,886 m | 14.9 mi |
| Anthro Mountain | SSE 163° | 2,757 m | 13.5 mi |
| Currant Creek Mountain | WNW 287° | 2,566 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:15 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:17 | 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, 10 mi away.
- Brown Trout1 obs
- thick-stem wild cabbage1 obs
- Kingcup Cactus1 obs
- Mountain Ball Cactus1 obs
- fullstem1 obs
- Smallflower Fishhook Cactus1 obs
- Woodside buckwheat1 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/356676252
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