Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain rises to 2,382 m in Utah. Pine Spring Knoll stands 3,053 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Miner Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Kolob Fingers Road Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Iron Mountain, in southern Iron County, Utah, United States, is the namesake of Iron County. Its summit is at 7,815 feet (2,382 m)
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Wikidata Q6072734, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,382 m
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Kolob Fingers Road Scenic Byway
- 17.2 mi off the Markaquant High Plateau Scenic Byway
- 28.5 mi off the Scenic Byway 143 - Utah's Patchwork Parkway, National
- 28.7 mi off the Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Spectra Point Viewpoint · 29 mi
- Point Supreme Overlook · 29 mi
- North View Overlook · 30 mi
- Chessmen Ridge Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Miner Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Claron: 3.9 mi
- Duncan Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Stoddard Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Swett Hills: 4.8 mi
- Jefferson Hunt Monument: 11.6 mi
- Escalante Interpretive Site: 12.8 mi
- Fort Harmony Monument: 13.4 mi
- Field at the Hills: 15.6 mi
- Park Discovery: 15.7 mi
- Crystal Springs: 1.8 mi
- Joel Spring: 3.7 mi
- Aspen Spring: 3.7 mi
- Big Hollow Spring: 4.3 mi
- Duncan Spring: 4.6 mi
- Graff Point: 15.8 mi
- Lee Point: 17.1 mi
- Hurricane Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- Strawberry Point: 24.7 mi
- The Centurium: 16.6 mi
- Old Sorrel: 16.6 mi
- Ellen (Nellie) Purcell Unthank: 16.8 mi
- Fred C. Adams: 17.1 mi
- Siege Monument: 17.3 mi
- Deseret Iron Works: 17.4 mi
- Mountain Meadows Massacre Memorial: 18.8 mi
- Leeds Creek Kiln: 24.9 mi
- Old Iron Town: 5.2 mi
- Hambling: 14.5 mi
- Hebron: 24.8 mi
- Lower Kanarra Falls: 14.2 mi
- 2nd Falls End of Hike: 14.3 mi
- Toquerville Falls: 24.9 mi
- Kolob Canyon Scenic drive: 15.5 mi
- Cedar City Lighthouse: 15.9 mi
- Utah Shakespeare Festival: 17.1 mi
- The Museum of Composite Propellant Hobby Rocketry: 16.0 mi
- Southern Utah Museum of Art: 17.0 mi
- Frontier Homestead State Park Museum: 17.3 mi
- Kanarraville South Rest Area: 12.5 mi
- Kanarraville North Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- SUU Native Plant Center: 16.3 mi
- Student Community Garden: 16.7 mi
- Double Arch Alcove: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Spring Knoll | ESE 113° | 3,053 m | 18.2 mi |
| Big Point | S 181° | 3,049 m | 15.9 mi |
| Three Knolls | ESE 111° | 2,988 m | 18.0 mi |
| Co-op Knoll | ESE 117° | 2,975 m | 18.2 mi |
| Gardner Peak | SSW 194° | 2,879 m | 18.0 mi |
| Lone Tree Mountain | E 94° | 2,862 m | 18.9 mi |
| Bean Hill | ESE 124° | 2,769 m | 17.1 mi |
| Square Mountain | E 96° | 2,738 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:11 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:20 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:38 | 17:19 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Harmony, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1442051 — Iron Mountain, Iron County, Utah.
OpenStreetMap element node/356678910
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