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This is the Place Heritage Park

This is the Place Heritage Park from directly overhead

This is the Place Heritage Park is a park in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,499 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is This is the Place Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
This Is The Place Foundation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.75314, -111.81753
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • This is the Place Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Mormon Batallion Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Pony Express Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Eagles Nest: 0.2 mi
  • Rhino Sculpture: 0.2 mi
Attractions
  • African Elephant: 0.2 mi
  • White Rhino: 0.2 mi
  • River Otters: 0.2 mi
  • Polar Bear: 0.2 mi
  • Harbor Seal & Sea Lion: 0.2 mi
Artworks
  • Otter: 0.2 mi
  • Marble Seal: 0.2 mi
  • Meercat and Wharthog: 0.3 mi
  • Cottam's Oaks: 0.9 mi
  • Rainbird: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Rotary Glen Park: 0.5 mi
  • Donner Trail Park: 0.5 mi
  • Davis Park: 0.9 mi
  • Curtis Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sunnyside Park: 1.2 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites
Peaks
Museums: 58
Springs: 44
  • Wagner Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Emigration Tunnel Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Henderson Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Mount Olympus Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Neffs Spring: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Hidden Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Moss Ledge Waterfall: 9.9 mi
  • Donut Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Upper Lisa Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Lisa Falls: 13.2 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Ghost towns: 8
Natural arches: 3
  • Industrial Arch: 5.8 mi
  • Storm Window Arch: 17.4 mi
  • Hole in the Rock.: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of This is the Place Heritage Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin Peaks (East)SSE 155°3,453.4 m12.1 mi
Twin Peaks (West)SSE 156°3,452.8 m12.1 mi
Sunrise PeakSSE 154°3,436.6 m12.5 mi
Dromedary PeakSSE 152°3,385.4 m12.5 mi
Kesler PeakSE 139°3,170.8 m11.8 mi
Sundial PeakSSE 147°3,134 m12.7 mi
Gobblers KnobSE 129°3,115 m9.1 mi
Mount RaymondSE 137°3,108 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0319:40
June solstice05:5720:2121:03
September equinox07:1618:5019:26
December solstice07:4916:2017:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313645516069787666534232

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake City E Bench, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel865 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie714 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee458 obs
  • arrowleaf balsamroot419 obs
  • Western Honey Bee408 obs
  • Hunt's Bumble Bee352 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug338 obs
  • Mule Deer314 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000737OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/33972103

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