Fool Creek Peak
Fool Creek Peak rises to 2,936 m in Utah. Coffee Peak stands 3,038 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
The story
Fool Creek Peak (also known as Fool Peak and Scipio Peak) is a mountain peak in Fishlake National Forest in the state of Utah in the United States. At 9,719 feet high, it's the highest peak in the Canyon Mountains. A tower is on the top of the peak.
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Wikidata Q49029900, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,936 m
How to reach it
61 named places within 25 miles
- Buck Peak: 1.6 mi
- Partridge Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Wild Horse Peak: 6.6 mi
- Low Hills: 6.7 mi
- Williams Peak: 6.8 mi
- Oak City Park: 7.0 mi
- Yuba Lake State Recreation Area: 9.6 mi
- Yuba State Park: 9.7 mi
- Mills Meadows Waterfowl Management Area: 10.2 mi
- Young Field Wildlife Management Area: 16.1 mi
- McCornick: 16.3 mi
- Juab: 16.7 mi
- Chicken Creek: 18.7 mi
- Dover: 21.0 mi
- Jericho: 24.7 mi
- Devils Twist: 3.6 mi
- Enoch Point: 3.8 mi
- The Caterpillar: 24.2 mi
- Great Basin Museum: 19.9 mi
- Topaz Museum of the Japanese Internment Camp: 19.9 mi
- Pioneer charcoal burning pits: 10.4 mi
- Jericho Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fool Creek Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee Peak | S 171° | 3,038 m | 23.3 mi |
| Williams Peak | S 176° | 2,778 m | 6.8 mi |
| Big Baldy | E 90° | 2,673 m | 24.3 mi |
| Partridge Mountain | SSW 204° | 2,661 m | 4.8 mi |
| Buck Peak | W 268° | 2,623 m | 1.6 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SSW 203° | 2,605 m | 8.9 mi |
| Horse Heaven Mountain | ENE 70° | 2,545 m | 23.7 mi |
| Levan Peak | ENE 68° | 2,540 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:20 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:27 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 34 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 70 | 79 | 77 | 67 | 53 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK City, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1441155 — Fool Creek Peak, Millard County, Utah.
OpenStreetMap element node/356678469
Day trips start here
- Yuba Lake State Park · 19 mi
- Delta · 20 mi
- Central Utah · 24 mi
- Gunnison · 27 mi
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