Herd Mountain
Herd Mountain rises to 2,514 m in Utah. Ben Lomond stands 2,960 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bybee Knoll, a peak 3.1 miles away. Ogden River Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Utah, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036049, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,514 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Ogden River Scenic Byway
- 12.7 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mount McKinnon Viewpoint · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Weber County Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
- Huntsville Town Park: 9.2 mi
- Lost Creek Reservoir State Park: 10.5 mi
- Round Valley Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- Croydon City Park: 11.6 mi
- Bybee Knoll: 3.1 mi
- Hoodoo Knoll: 3.9 mi
- Guilder Peak: 5.0 mi
- Elk Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Goat Knoll: 5.8 mi
- Box Spring: 3.7 mi
- Willow Spring: 4.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 4.8 mi
- Durst Spring: 5.3 mi
- Liberty Pioneer Monument: 15.7 mi
- Lime Kiln: 15.9 mi
- Malan Heights Resort: 16.2 mi
- Thurston Peak: 16.3 mi
- The Utah War: 16.7 mi
- Elizabeth Dee Shaw Stewart Museum: 17.6 mi
- Elizabeth Stewart Treehouse Museum: 19.4 mi
- Treehouse Childrens Museum: 19.4 mi
- John M. Browning Firearms Museum: 19.8 mi
- Utah State Railroad Museum: 19.8 mi
- Paper Airplane: 13.5 mi
- Music Scuplture: 18.1 mi
- Louis Frederick Moench Statue: 18.1 mi
- Wildcat Statue: 18.2 mi
- Eccles Community Art Center: 19.0 mi
- Spring Creek Day Use Area: 9.6 mi
- Moose Hollow Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Doug Shaw Memorial Bowery: 15.7 mi
- Fernwood Recreation Site: 18.4 mi
- Village Green: 22.4 mi
- Anderson Cove Beach: 9.8 mi
- Pelican Beach: 9.9 mi
- Middle Inlet Beach: 10.2 mi
- Cemetery Point Beach: 10.9 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 12.1 mi
- Mountain Green Rest Area, I-84 Westbound: 11.8 mi
- Weber Canyon Rest Area, I-84 Eastbound: 14.1 mi
- Echo Canyon Rest Area Westbound: 19.0 mi
- Echo Canyon Rest Area Eastbound: 19.1 mi
- China Town: 13.9 mi
- Witch Rocks: 17.4 mi
- Ninth Street Crag: 17.5 mi
- Inspiration Point: 23.3 mi
- La Plata: 15.8 mi
- Emory: 19.5 mi
- Grass Creek: 21.8 mi
- Castle Rock: 22.0 mi
- Cinnamon Creek WMA: 15.8 mi
- East Canyon Wildlife Management Area: 17.0 mi
- East Fork Little Bear Wildlife Management Area: 22.4 mi
- Ogden Botanical Gardens: 18.4 mi
- Asian Garden: 18.4 mi
- Rasmussen Teaching Garden: 22.6 mi
- Adams Canyon Waterfall: 18.4 mi
- Adams Canyon Lower Falls: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Herd Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Lomond | WNW 297° | 2,960 m | 21.1 mi |
| Thurston Peak | SW 234° | 2,954 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Ogden | W 264° | 2,917 m | 14.8 mi |
| Francis Peak | SW 224° | 2,904 m | 18.1 mi |
| Snow Horse Ridge | SW 230° | 2,893 m | 17.1 mi |
| Allen Peak | W 265° | 2,885 m | 14.9 mi |
| James Peak | NW 319° | 2,869 m | 15.4 mi |
| De Moisy Peak | W 261° | 2,847 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:17 | 17:01 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1441720 — Herd Mountain, Morgan County, Utah.
OpenStreetMap element node/356678806
Day trips start here
- Ogden · 19 mi
- Wasatch Range · 30 mi
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