Park · Utah

Veterans Memorial Park

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Elevation, modelled: 1,342 m
Tallest summit within 13.9 miles: Twin Peaks (East)3,453.4 m · 11.8 mi
Nearest byway: Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway8.2 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 21:03local time
Coordinates: 40.6063, -111.9458

Veterans Memorial Park from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial Park is a park in Utah, at a modelled 1,342 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Rooted, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Twin Peaks (East)	E 94°	3,453.4 m	11.8 mi
The Pfeifferhorn	ESE 112°	3,453 m	13.6 mi
Twin Peaks (West)	E 94°	3,452.8 m	11.7 mi
Sunrise Peak	E 95°	3,436.6 m	12.4 mi
North Thunder Mountain	ESE 111°	3,400 m	12.1 mi
South Thunder Mountain	ESE 115°	3,400 m	12.2 mi
Dromedary Peak	E 94°	3,385.4 m	12.6 mi
Lone Peak	ESE 119°	3,376 m	11.4 mi

On the road

8.2 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
9.2 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
15.3 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
15.7 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Slide Canyon Viewpoint · 26 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks

Rooted: 0.2 mi
Saint Joseph the Worker: 0.8 mi
Look At Me: 3.6 mi
16 Triangles: 3.6 mi
Glaciated Mass: 3.6 mi

Parks

Gardens

Crosstowwer Community Garden: 1.6 mi
Liberty Landing Round about Garden: 2.4 mi
Sandy City Hall: 3.6 mi
Historic Sandy Community Garden: 3.7 mi
Garden of Eatin': 4.6 mi

Picnic sites

Outdoor Eating at Cyprus Credit Union: 2.1 mi
Wheeler Farm: 4.7 mi
Site 1: 9.3 mi
Site 2: 9.3 mi
Dogwood Picnic Area: 9.4 mi

Historic sites

Arrow: 2.2 mi
"The Old School House" Memorial: 2.3 mi
Salt Lake 2002 Commemorative Olympic Flagpole: 2.5 mi
Welby Roundhouse: 2.7 mi
Welby Turntable: 2.7 mi

Attractions

Peaks

Flatiron Mesa: 5.5 mi
Twin Knolls: 7.4 mi
Hounds Tooth: 9.4 mi
Red Rock: 9.5 mi
Potato Hill: 9.6 mi

Springs

Museums43

West Jordan Historical Society: 0.2 mi
Midvale Historical Museum: 2.4 mi
Gale Center: 2.9 mi
Sandy Museum: 3.3 mi
Taylorsville Bennion Heritage Center: 4.1 mi

Waterfalls18

Nature reserves11

Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 1.8 mi
Mystic Springs Wetland Educational Area: 3.2 mi
Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
South Jordan City Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 4.2 mi
South Jordan City Southeast Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 4.3 mi

Ghost towns6

Johnson: 4.8 mi
Bacchus: 8.8 mi
Lark: 9.7 mi
Bingham Canyon: 10.2 mi
Forest City: 18.8 mi

Beaches4

Silver Sands Beach: 16.2 mi
Sunset Beach: 16.7 mi
Vineyard Beach: 22.1 mi
Vineyard Beach: 22.2 mi

Natural arches3

Cliffs2

Rattlesnake Point: 13.7 mi
Honeycomb Cliffs: 17.5 mi

Hot springs1

Saratoga Hot Springs: 17.7 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:32	19:04	19:40
June solstice	05:58	20:22	21:03
September equinox	07:16	18:51	19:27
December solstice	07:49	16:21	17:05

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	33	37	46	51	62	72	80	78	68	54	42	33

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Draper-point OF MTN, 9 mi away.

Sources

OpenStreetMap record

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