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Explorer Peak

Explorer Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Explorer Peak rises to 3,870 m in Utah. Kings Peak stands 4,123 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Kweeyahgut Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. Mirror Lake Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The story

Explorer Peak is a 12,708-foot elevation (3,873 m) mountain summit located in Duchesne County, Utah, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49028364, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3870 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.71828, -110.64405

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 6
  • Steel Creek Park: 15.1 mi
  • Organization Camp Recreation Site: 15.6 mi
  • Suicide Park: 20.7 mi
  • Cowboy Cabin Park: 21.4 mi
  • Jacks Park: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Little Deer Creek Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Lower Provo River Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Middle Provo River Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Upper Provo River Falls: 16.4 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Kletting Peak Historical Maker: 12.7 mi
  • Abandoned Snowmachine: 13.8 mi
  • Duchesne Tunnel: 20.5 mi
Museums: 1
  • Museum: 12.6 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Wasatch County Highpoint: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Upper Provo Bridge Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Explorer Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PeakENE 74°4,123.3 m14.8 mi
South Kings PeakENE 77°4,116 m14.3 mi
Painter PeakE 81°4,080 m15.1 mi
Second GeminiE 80°4,056 m14.6 mi
Gunsight PeakENE 69°4,043 m16.4 mi
Henrys Fork PeakENE 70°4,036 m14.1 mi
Mount LoveniaNE 36°4,020 m3.3 mi
Tokewanna PeakN 9°4,016 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5919:35
June solstice05:5220:1720:58
September equinox07:1118:4519:21
December solstice07:4416:1516:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356678276

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