Salt Flat Butte
Salt Flat Butte rises to 1,627 m in Utah. Shay Mountain stands 3,040 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Wooden Shoe Arch, a attraction 1.1 miles away. Indian Creek Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
summit in San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Wikidata Q49077194, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1627 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Indian Creek Scenic Byway
- 20.8 mi off the Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway
- 26.2 mi off the Potash-Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shafer Canyon Overlook · 21 mi
- Dead Horse Point · 22 mi
- Meander Overlook · 22 mi
- Shafer Canyon Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wooden Shoe Arch: 1.1 mi
- Pothole Point: 2.0 mi
- Big Spring Canyon Overlook: 2.7 mi
- Skull Arch: 2.8 mi
- Elephant Hill: 3.0 mi
- Elephant Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 4.9 mi
- North Sixshooter Peak: 6.1 mi
- South Sixshooter Peak: 7.3 mi
- Lavender Point: 8.9 mi
- Cave Spring: 1.3 mi
- Salt Flat Spring: 1.3 mi
- Peekaboo Spring: 3.0 mi
- Upper Jump: 7.8 mi
- Four Faces Spring: 8.1 mi
- Cave Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Catwall: 12.5 mi
- Critic's Choice: 12.9 mi
- Reservoir Wall: 12.9 mi
- Scarface: 13.8 mi
- Tower Ruin: 3.8 mi
- Keyhole Ruins: 3.8 mi
- Tower Ruin: 12.4 mi
- Farmhouse Ruin: 12.7 mi
- False Kiva: 19.7 mi
- Lower Jump: 2.7 mi
- Indian Creek Fall: 6.6 mi
- Horse Canyon Arch: 4.6 mi
- Canyonlands National Park: 11.3 mi
- White Rim Overlook Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Home of Truth: 22.4 mi
- Kane Springs Rest Area: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Salt Flat Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shay Mountain | SE 141° | 3,040 m | 19.6 mi |
| Horse Mountain | S 180° | 2,820 m | 19.6 mi |
| Seven Sisters Buttes | S 172° | 2,569 m | 18.6 mi |
| Alice Point | SSW 201° | 2,552 m | 20.9 mi |
| Boundary Butte | S 175° | 2,497 m | 16.4 mi |
| Cathedral Butte | SSE 163° | 2,400 m | 14.7 mi |
| Bridger Jack Point | SSE 155° | 2,297 m | 14.6 mi |
| House Park Butte | SSW 199° | 2,211 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 36 | 45 | 52 | 62 | 73 | 79 | 76 | 67 | 54 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canyonlands-the Needles, 1 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Canyonlands National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: May.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356684372
Day trips start here
- Canyonlands National Park · 1 mi
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