Twin Peaks
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Twin Peaks rises to 1,904 m in Utah. Kesler Peak stands 3,171 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is #13 - Barney's Hollow, a picnic site 1.0 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 5.9 miles off.
The story
The Twin Peaks are a pair of high points located within the Wasatch Range foothills in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are usually referred to as the Avenues Twin Peaks, to distinguish them from the nearby and much-higher Broads Fork Twin Peaks and American Fork Twin Peaks. With a maximum elevation of 6,283 feet (1,915 m), neither high point has the prominence to be considered a true summit. The Avenues Twin Peaks are a popular hiking destination.
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Wikidata Q49086261, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1904 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 7.0 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 12.4 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 15.7 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- #13 - Barney's Hollow: 1.0 mi
- #14 - Sugar Bowl: 1.0 mi
- #15 - Pines: 1.1 mi
- #12 - Pleasant Valley: 1.2 mi
- #11 - Pipeline: 1.2 mi
- Block U: 1.1 mi
- Block U: 2.1 mi
- David Keith Mansion and Carriage House: 2.5 mi
- White Memorial Chapel: 2.7 mi
- Utah State Capitol Building: 2.7 mi
- Popperton Park: 1.2 mi
- 11th Avenue Park: 1.4 mi
- Lindsey Gardens Park: 1.7 mi
- Kay Rees Park: 1.8 mi
- Kay Rees Natural Area: 1.8 mi
- Price Family Holocaust Memorial Garden: 1.5 mi
- Bennett Vista Trail: 2.2 mi
- Quarry House: 2.3 mi
- Governor's Mansion: 2.4 mi
- 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Cauldron: 2.5 mi
- Dude Benchmark: 2.5 mi
- Black Mountain (West Summit): 2.6 mi
- Ensign Peak: 2.6 mi
- Mount Wire: 2.8 mi
- Table Mound: 3.8 mi
- Fort Douglas Museum: 2.2 mi
- Garden Exhibits: 2.2 mi
- Natural History Museum Of Utah: 2.3 mi
- Utah Museum of Fine Arts: 2.4 mi
- Alice Gallery: 2.4 mi
- Popperton Plots Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Sill Garden: 2.0 mi
- Herb Garden: 2.2 mi
- Nuh Eevaat Garden: 2.3 mi
- BU C Garden: 2.3 mi
- Wagner Spring: 3.5 mi
- Baskin Spring: 3.5 mi
- Emigration Tunnel Spring: 3.7 mi
- Indian Spring: 3.9 mi
- Enoch Spring: 4.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 12.6 mi
- Moss Ledge Waterfall: 12.9 mi
- Donut Falls: 14.9 mi
- Upper Lisa Falls: 16.1 mi
- Lisa Falls: 16.4 mi
- H-Rock Open Space: 4.7 mi
- Fife Wetland Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 10.5 mi
- Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 14.4 mi
- Johnson: 10.6 mi
- Bacchus: 16.2 mi
- Forest City: 22.3 mi
- Bingham Canyon: 22.3 mi
- Lark: 22.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 3.9 mi
- Honeycomb Cliffs: 18.0 mi
- Cambria Point: 24.0 mi
- Witch Rocks: 24.4 mi
- Industrial Arch: 3.3 mi
- Storm Window Arch: 20.3 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 22.5 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 19.5 mi
- Sunset Beach: 20.5 mi
- Camera Flats: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Twin Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kesler Peak | SE 142° | 3,170.8 m | 14.8 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | SE 136° | 3,115 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Raymond | SE 142° | 3,108 m | 11.9 mi |
| Wilson Peak | SE 133° | 3,033 m | 12.1 mi |
| Wildcat Ridge | SSE 151° | 2,981 m | 10.8 mi |
| South Thayne Peak | SE 145° | 2,980 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Olympus East | SSE 152° | 2,979 m | 10.9 mi |
| Little Water Peak | SE 127° | 2,930 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:04 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:20 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 72 | 63 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — City Creek WTP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356680211
Day trips start here
- Salt Lake City · 3 mi
- Wasatch Range · 12 mi
- Sandy · 15 mi
- Draper · 19 mi
- Park City · 20 mi
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument · 25 mi
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