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#15 - Pines

#15 - Pines from directly overhead

#15 - Pines is a picnic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,572 m. Gobblers Knob stands 3,115 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is #14 - Sugar Bowl, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 5.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Salt Lake City
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.80951, -111.84540
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
Peaks
  • Twin Peaks: 1.1 mi
  • Dude Benchmark: 1.5 mi
  • Black Mountain (West Summit): 2.5 mi
  • Ensign Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Cave Peak: 2.9 mi
Parks
  • 11th Avenue Park: 2.0 mi
  • Popperton Park: 2.2 mi
  • Kay Rees Park: 2.2 mi
  • Kay Rees Natural Area: 2.2 mi
  • Lindsey Gardens Park: 2.4 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Price Family Holocaust Memorial Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Ensign Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Gold star hill: 2.9 mi
  • Capt James R. Austin Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • 145th Field Artillery Memorial: 3.0 mi
Artworks
  • Moose: 3.1 mi
  • Martha Hughes Cannon: 3.1 mi
  • Marriner S. Eccles: 3.1 mi
  • Brigadier General Thomas L. Kane: 3.1 mi
  • Daniel Cowan Jackling: 3.1 mi
Museums: 56
Gardens: 54
Springs: 42
  • Baskin Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Indian Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Enoch Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Wagner Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Emigration Tunnel Spring: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Hidden Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Moss Ledge Waterfall: 13.9 mi
  • Donut Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Upper Lisa Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Lisa Falls: 17.4 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 3
  • Industrial Arch: 3.0 mi
  • Storm Window Arch: 21.4 mi
  • Hole in the Rock.: 22.7 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of #15 - Pines. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gobblers KnobSE 138°3,115 m12.8 mi
Mount RaymondSE 144°3,108 m12.8 mi
Wilson PeakSE 136°3,033 m13.0 mi
Wildcat RidgeSSE 152°2,981 m11.8 mi
South Thayne PeakSSE 147°2,980 m11.9 mi
Mount Olympus EastSSE 154°2,979 m11.9 mi
Little Water PeakSE 130°2,930 m14.8 mi
Murdock PeakESE 122°2,922 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5720:2221:03
September equinox07:1618:5019:26
December solstice07:4916:2017:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293340465564737263493829
Precip in2.82.52.93.63.01.50.70.71.82.32.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — City Creek WTP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11529045154

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