Cascade Mountain
Cascade Mountain rises to 3,300 m in Utah. Mount Timpanogos stands 3,581 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is North Cascade Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Provo Canyon Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Cascade Mountain is located in central Utah (Utah County just east of Provo and Orem Utah). With an elevation of 10,908 feet (3,325 m), it is not as high as its neighbors, to the north Mount Timpanogos (11,752 feet [3,582 m]) and Provo Peak (11,068 feet [3,374 m]) to the south, but it is one of the major peaks of the Wasatch Range.
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Wikidata Q48971250, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3300 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Provo Canyon Scenic Byway
- 18.9 mi off the Nebo Loop Scenic Byway, National
- 19.2 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 20.2 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Slide Canyon Viewpoint · 3 mi
- Beaver Dam Overlook · 28 mi
- Utah Lake Overlook · 28 mi
- Santaquin Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Cascade Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Peak 10731 ft: 0.6 mi
- South Cascade Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Buffalo Peak: 2.1 mi
- Peak 6233 ft: 2.4 mi
- Rotary Park Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Canyon Glen Park: 2.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls Park: 2.4 mi
- Sherwood Hiilside Park: 3.0 mi
- Canyon View Park: 3.3 mi
- Cascade Saddle Spring: 2.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.1 mi
- Windy Pass Spring: 4.4 mi
- Boardman Spring: 5.3 mi
- Curly Springs: 5.5 mi
- Upper Falls Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Rotary Pavilion: 5.3 mi
- Scera Main Pavilion: 5.5 mi
- Sailboat Beach Day-Use Area: 8.4 mi
- Peterson Day-Use Area: 8.7 mi
- Samuel H. Smith: 4.4 mi
- Matthew 4:18-20: 4.5 mi
- Temple of Mercury: 5.0 mi
- Juno: 5.0 mi
- Sefa II (1/1): 5.0 mi
- Provo Canyon Guard Quarters: 2.6 mi
- Victory Bell: 4.9 mi
- Gollum's Cave Memoriam: 5.1 mi
- Geneva Elementary Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Provo Indian War Veterans Memorial: 6.6 mi
- BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures: 4.8 mi
- Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum: 4.8 mi
- BYU Museum of Art: 5.0 mi
- BYU Museum of Paleontology: 5.0 mi
- Museum of Mormon Mexican History: 5.1 mi
- Smith Ditch Falls No.1: 2.0 mi
- Smith Ditch Falls No. 2: 2.0 mi
- Upper Bridal Veil Falls: 2.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 2.3 mi
- Upper Falls: 2.6 mi
- Aston Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- University Parkway Bridge Xeriscape Garden: 5.2 mi
- Cambridge Courts Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- McDonald Building Green Space: 5.3 mi
- North Park Neighborhood Garden: 5.9 mi
- Rock Garden: 2.3 mi
- The "Y": 4.4 mi
- Fat Cats: 5.4 mi
- Splash Summit Water Park: 5.5 mi
- Classic Fun Center: 5.7 mi
- Provo River Delta Restoration Project Area: 8.2 mi
- Lower Hobble Creek Wildlife Management Area: 9.1 mi
- Corner Canyon: 19.0 mi
- Galena Soónkahni Preserve: 22.0 mi
- South Jordan City Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 23.9 mi
- Forest City: 15.3 mi
- West Portal: 20.5 mi
- Thistle: 22.3 mi
- Jordanelle: 22.8 mi
- Mosida: 23.1 mi
- Ghost Falls: 2.5 mi
- Hinterlands Climbing Area: 3.1 mi
- Honeycomb Cliffs: 20.3 mi
- Black Point: 22.7 mi
- Red Ledge: 24.3 mi
- Rock Arch: 8.6 mi
- Storm Window Arch: 17.9 mi
- Diamond Arch: 18.5 mi
- Magnus Arch: 23.2 mi
- Vineyard Beach: 9.3 mi
- Vineyard Beach: 9.4 mi
- Lincoln Beach: 16.1 mi
- Saratoga Hot Springs: 16.7 mi
- Walmart Parking Lot: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Cascade Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Timpanogos | NNW 332° | 3,581 m | 6.5 mi |
| South Timpanogos | NNW 335° | 3,572.9 m | 5.9 mi |
| North Timpanogos | NNW 331° | 3,487.2 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bomber Peak | NNW 331° | 3,458.6 m | 7.6 mi |
| The Shoulder | NNW 336° | 3,401.9 m | 6.4 mi |
| East Provo Peak | SSE 152° | 3,366 m | 4.6 mi |
| Provo Peak | SSE 159° | 3,355 m | 4.6 mi |
| Box Elder Peak | NNW 336° | 3,354 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:03 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:19 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:21 | 17:04 |
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 | 38 | 47 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 79 | 77 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Provo BYU, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1439506 — Cascade Mountain, Utah County, Utah.
OpenStreetMap element node/356677739
Day trips start here
- Orem · 6 mi
- Provo · 6 mi
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument · 11 mi
- American Fork · 12 mi
- Lehi · 15 mi
- Draper · 21 mi
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