Split Mountain
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Split Mountain rises to 2,263 m in Utah. Mount Lena stands 2,972 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Hot Spring on Right Bank, a spring 1.9 miles away. Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway passes 9.7 miles off. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
The story
Split Mountain is a 7,657-foot-elevation (2,334-meter) summit in Uintah County, Utah, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49076501, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,263 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
- 14.8 mi off the Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway, National
- 17.0 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond, National
98 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Hawkins: 4.7 mi
- Ruple Point: 5.0 mi
- Vivas Cake Hill: 8.2 mi
- Diamond Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Sage Hill: 9.0 mi
- Jensen Park: 10.7 mi
- Point of Pines Recreation Site: 11.2 mi
- Stewart Lake Waterfowl Management Area: 11.6 mi
- Naples Community Park: 14.9 mi
- Dinosaur National Monument: 15.8 mi
- Josie Morris Cabin: 4.7 mi
- Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs: 4.9 mi
- Stump Formation: 5.0 mi
- Morrison Formation: 5.1 mi
- Split Mountain Anticline: 5.1 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 12.7 mi
- Warms Spring Cliff: 15.6 mi
- Crows Nest: 16.9 mi
- Katys Nipple: 17.5 mi
- K Point: 17.9 mi
- Hot Spring on Right Bank: 1.9 mi
- Chicken Coop Spring: 12.1 mi
- Spring Creek Spring: 19.6 mi
- Colton Spring: 20.2 mi
- Lind Spring: 23.3 mi
- Split Mountain Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Josie Morris Cabin Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Echo Park Overlook: 10.1 mi
- Harper's Corner: 10.8 mi
- Canyon Overlook Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Veteran Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Rex: 17.1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 17.1 mi
- Uintah "U": 20.5 mi
- Dinosaur National Monument: 21.1 mi
- Quarry Exhibit Hall: 5.2 mi
- Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum: 15.8 mi
- Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum: 16.8 mi
- Jensen Welcome Center: 10.1 mi
- On-Off Falls: 10.1 mi
- Dinah The Pink Dinosaur: 15.4 mi
- VBC Garden: 15.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Split Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lena | NNW 334° | 2,972 m | 23.3 mi |
| Limber Flag | NNW 329° | 2,895 m | 22.1 mi |
| Limestone Mountain | NNW 335° | 2,826 m | 20.0 mi |
| Zenobia Peak | ENE 65° | 2,741 m | 20.3 mi |
| Hoy Mountain | NNE 27° | 2,693 m | 18.3 mi |
| Tanks Peak | E 99° | 2,651 m | 24.2 mi |
| Douglas Mountain | ENE 61° | 2,637 m | 21.6 mi |
| Little Brush Creek Knob | NW 318° | 2,636 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:10 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:10 | 16:54 |
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 | 19 | 27 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 77 | 74 | 64 | 50 | 36 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dinosaur Nm-quarry Area, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1432803 — Split Mountain, Uintah County, Utah.
OpenStreetMap element node/356674184
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