Elk Mountain
Elk Mountain rises to 2,257 m in Utah. Willard Peak stands 2,976 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sulpher Springs, a spring 1.2 miles away. Ogden River Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Utah, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49027812, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,257 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Ogden River Scenic Byway
- 9.3 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 17.7 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mount McKinnon Viewpoint · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Huntsville Town Park: 6.9 mi
- Round Valley Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- Hill Air Force Base Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
- Milton Park: 8.8 mi
- Weber County Memorial Park: 9.2 mi
- Little Mahogany Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Durst Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Big Mahogany Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 4.5 mi
- The Head: 5.2 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 1.2 mi
- Durst Spring: 2.8 mi
- Monastery Spring: 2.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 5.7 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 6.1 mi
- Thurston Peak: 11.0 mi
- Malan Heights Resort: 11.7 mi
- Lime Kiln: 12.0 mi
- War Memorial: 13.8 mi
- Porterville: 13.8 mi
- Elizabeth Dee Shaw Stewart Museum: 13.6 mi
- Elizabeth Stewart Treehouse Museum: 15.1 mi
- Treehouse Childrens Museum: 15.1 mi
- Utah State Railroad Museum: 15.5 mi
- John M. Browning Firearms Museum: 15.5 mi
- Wildcat Statue: 13.4 mi
- Music Scuplture: 13.4 mi
- Louis Frederick Moench Statue: 13.5 mi
- Paper Airplane: 13.7 mi
- Eccles Community Art Center: 14.7 mi
- Spring Creek Day Use Area: 7.5 mi
- Moose Hollow Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Fernwood Recreation Site: 13.0 mi
- Doug Shaw Memorial Bowery: 13.9 mi
- Village Green: 17.3 mi
- East Canyon Wildlife Management Area: 14.7 mi
- Cinnamon Creek WMA: 19.3 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 20.2 mi
- The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve: 21.5 mi
- Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 22.6 mi
- Anderson Cove Beach: 7.1 mi
- Pelican Beach: 7.9 mi
- Middle Inlet Beach: 8.2 mi
- Cemetery Point Beach: 8.2 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 9.2 mi
- Mountain Green Rest Area, I-84 Westbound: 6.4 mi
- Weber Canyon Rest Area, I-84 Eastbound: 8.8 mi
- Echo Canyon Rest Area Westbound: 19.7 mi
- Echo Canyon Rest Area Eastbound: 19.8 mi
- Ninth Street Crag: 13.7 mi
- China Town: 16.8 mi
- Witch Rocks: 17.6 mi
- Inspiration Point: 21.3 mi
- Ogden Botanical Gardens: 14.3 mi
- Asian Garden: 14.3 mi
- Rasmussen Teaching Garden: 17.2 mi
- Bountiful Temple Underground Garden: 22.2 mi
- La Plata: 18.2 mi
- Emory: 21.9 mi
- Grass Creek: 23.4 mi
- Adams Canyon Waterfall: 13.0 mi
- Adams Canyon Lower Falls: 13.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Elk Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willard Peak | NW 313° | 2,976 m | 20.4 mi |
| Ben Lomond | NW 312° | 2,960 m | 19.0 mi |
| Thurston Peak | SW 231° | 2,954 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Ogden | W 277° | 2,917 m | 10.2 mi |
| Francis Peak | SW 218° | 2,904 m | 12.9 mi |
| Snow Horse Ridge | SW 226° | 2,893 m | 11.8 mi |
| Allen Peak | W 279° | 2,885 m | 10.4 mi |
| James Peak | NNW 339° | 2,869 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:03 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:22 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:17 | 17:02 |
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 | 23 | 28 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntsville Monastery, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1440905 — Elk Mountain, Weber County, Utah.
OpenStreetMap element node/356678223
Day trips start here
- Ogden · 15 mi
- Wasatch Range · 27 mi
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