Mount Agassiz
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Mount Agassiz rises to 3,788 m in Utah. Mount Lovenia stands 4,020 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayden Peak, a peak 2.0 miles away. Mirror Lake Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
Mount Agassiz is a peak in the Uinta Mountains of northeastern Utah with an elevation of 12,433 feet (3,790 m). It is located in the High Uintas Wilderness and the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. The summit is named in honor of Louis Agassiz, a well-known paleontologist, glaciologist and geologist.
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Wikidata Q1385505, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,788 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway
- 2.3 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - UT Section
- 19.9 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - WY Section
Overlooks nearby
- Ice Caves · 3 mi
- Hayden Peak Overlook · 4 mi
- Slate Gorge Overlook · 8 mi
- Provo River Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hayden Peak: 2.0 mi
- East Hayden Peak: 2.3 mi
- Spread Eagle Peak: 2.5 mi
- East Lofty Peak: 3.2 mi
- Rocky Sea Pass Peak: 3.5 mi
- Pigeon Milk Spring: 3.2 mi
- Duck Lake Spring: 10.3 mi
- Slope Spring: 12.5 mi
- Lake Basin Spring: 13.1 mi
- Big Spring: 15.9 mi
- Organization Camp Recreation Site: 19.5 mi
- Steel Creek Park: 21.6 mi
- Weber Cottonwood Recreation Site: 21.9 mi
- Kamas Wildlife Management Area: 22.7 mi
- South Summit Park: 23.9 mi
- Cobrazone: 4.3 mi
- The Pass Crag: 4.3 mi
- Bluffs Outlook: 12.1 mi
- Red Cliff: 20.1 mi
- Mount Albert: 21.4 mi
- Abandoned Snowmachine: 4.3 mi
- Kletting Peak Historical Maker: 4.4 mi
- Duchesne Tunnel: 12.2 mi
- Masashi Goto Monument: 17.9 mi
- Little Deer Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
- Upper Provo River Falls: 7.4 mi
- Middle Provo River Falls: 7.4 mi
- Lower Provo River Falls: 7.4 mi
- Wasatch County Highpoint: 4.7 mi
- Blue Moon Ranch Alpacas: 24.3 mi
- Upper Provo Bridge Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Beaver Creek Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Museum: 3.2 mi
- Blacks Fork: 21.9 mi
- High Star Ranch Statue: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Mount Agassiz. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lovenia | ENE 74° | 4,020 m | 11.8 mi |
| Tokewanna Peak | ENE 57° | 4,016 m | 12.5 mi |
| Wasatch Mountain | ENE 65° | 4,008 m | 11.6 mi |
| Wilson Peak | ENE 77° | 3,968 m | 19.5 mi |
| Porcupine Mountain | E 79° | 3,929 m | 18.7 mi |
| Kweeyahgut Peak | E 94° | 3,919 m | 9.5 mi |
| South Red Castle Peak | ENE 74° | 3,909 m | 19.8 mi |
| Yard Peak | ENE 64° | 3,875 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:17 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:16 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 30 | 36 | 45 | 52 | 60 | 59 | 50 | 40 | 28 | 19 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coalville 13 E, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356671925
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