Nagunt Mesa
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Nagunt Mesa rises to 2,360 m in Utah. Pine Spring Knoll stands 3,053 m to the northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Pasture Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Kolob Fingers Road Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Nagunt Mesa is a 7,785-foot (2,373 m) mountain summit located in the Kolob Canyons area of Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49056266, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2360 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Kolob Fingers Road Scenic Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Zion Park Scenic Byway, National
- 16.8 mi off the Markaquant High Plateau Scenic Byway
- 20.0 mi off the Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Watchman Overlook · 19 mi
- Canyon Overlook · 20 mi
- Pullout · 20 mi
- Pullout · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Pasture Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Death Point: 1.1 mi
- Kolob Arch: 1.2 mi
- Paria Point: 1.2 mi
- Gregory Butte: 1.3 mi
- Fort Harmony Monument: 5.2 mi
- Escalante Interpretive Site: 5.9 mi
- Toquerville City Park: 14.7 mi
- Park Discovery: 15.7 mi
- Field at the Hills: 15.9 mi
- Beatty Spring: 1.8 mi
- Co-op Spring: 7.5 mi
- Oak Spring: 7.9 mi
- House Spring: 8.3 mi
- Lower Water Spring: 8.4 mi
- Kolob Canyon Scenic drive: 3.5 mi
- R1 - Bolted Rappel Anchor: 30 ft: 10.8 mi
- The Subway: 10.9 mi
- R4 - Bolted Rappel Anchor: 20ft: 10.9 mi
- The "North Pole" Log: 10.9 mi
- Lower Kanarra Falls: 6.8 mi
- 2nd Falls End of Hike: 6.9 mi
- Toquerville Falls: 10.7 mi
- Toquerville Falls: 10.7 mi
- Archangel Falls: 10.8 mi
- Hurricane Cliffs: 4.2 mi
- Lee Point: 6.7 mi
- Graff Point: 8.4 mi
- Hurricane Cliffs: 17.2 mi
- The Streaked Wall: 17.9 mi
- (WIP) Entry Monument: 15.1 mi
- Leeds Creek Kiln: 16.6 mi
- Deseret Iron Works: 17.9 mi
- Grafton: 19.4 mi
- Hwy 14 waypoint: 19.7 mi
- Silver Reef: 17.1 mi
- Duncan's Retreat: 17.8 mi
- Old Iron Town: 19.2 mi
- Grafton: 19.4 mi
- Adventure: 19.8 mi
- The Centurium: 17.0 mi
- Ellen (Nellie) Purcell Unthank: 17.1 mi
- Old Sorrel: 17.1 mi
- Fred C. Adams: 17.3 mi
- Brian the Bear: 24.3 mi
- Silver Reef Museum: 17.1 mi
- Southern Utah Museum of Art: 17.3 mi
- The Museum of Composite Propellant Hobby Rocketry: 17.9 mi
- Frontier Homestead State Park Museum: 18.1 mi
- Zion Human History Museum: 18.8 mi
- Double Arch Alcove: 1.2 mi
- Bartizan Arch: 20.5 mi
- Kanarraville North Rest Area: 5.7 mi
- Kanarraville South Rest Area: 5.9 mi
- SUU Native Plant Center: 16.9 mi
- Student Community Garden: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Nagunt Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Spring Knoll | NE 36° | 3,053 m | 8.8 mi |
| Big Point | W 262° | 3,049 m | 12.0 mi |
| Three Knolls | NE 35° | 2,988 m | 9.3 mi |
| Co-op Knoll | NE 39° | 2,975 m | 7.5 mi |
| Kanarra Mountain | NE 46° | 2,892 m | 7.0 mi |
| Miners Peak | ENE 68° | 2,801 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bean Hill | NNE 30° | 2,769 m | 5.4 mi |
| Kolob Peak | ESE 104° | 2,726 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:10 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:19 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 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, 7 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Zion National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jun.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1430631 — Nagunt Mesa, Washington County, Utah.
OpenStreetMap element node/356673738
Day trips start here
- Zion National Park · 11 mi
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