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#21 - Maple Grove

#21 - Maple Grove from directly overhead

#21 - Maple Grove is a picnic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,713 m. Gobblers Knob stands 3,115 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is #20 - Sparkling Springs, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway passes 6.2 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
Coordinates40.82042, -111.81306
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
Peaks
  • Black Mountain (West Summit): 0.9 mi
  • Dude Benchmark: 1.5 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 2.3 mi
  • Cave Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Table Mound: 2.4 mi
Parks
  • Mueller Park: 2.9 mi
  • Popperton Park: 3.5 mi
  • 11th Avenue Park: 3.7 mi
  • North Canyon Park: 3.7 mi
  • Chapel Glen: 3.9 mi
Attractions
  • Block U: 3.2 mi
  • Block U: 4.3 mi
  • David Keith Mansion and Carriage House: 4.8 mi
  • African Elephant: 4.8 mi
  • River Otters: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Price Family Holocaust Memorial Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Bennett Vista Trail: 3.7 mi
  • Quarry House: 3.8 mi
  • Ensign Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Echo Peak Memorial Benches: 4.7 mi
Artworks
  • Moose: 3.7 mi
  • Deer: 3.7 mi
  • Rainbird: 3.8 mi
  • Cottam's Oaks: 3.8 mi
  • University Of Utah Gymnastics: 4.1 mi
Museums: 55
Gardens: 54
Springs: 45
  • Baskin Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Indian Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Enoch Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Wagner Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Emigration Tunnel Spring: 4.8 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Hidden Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Moss Ledge Waterfall: 13.8 mi
  • Donut Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Upper Lisa Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Adams Canyon Waterfall: 17.5 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Industrial Arch: 4.8 mi
  • Storm Window Arch: 22.1 mi
  • Hole in the Rock.: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of #21 - Maple Grove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gobblers KnobSSE 147°3,115 m12.4 mi
Mount RaymondSSE 153°3,108 m12.6 mi
Wilson PeakSE 144°3,033 m12.5 mi
Wildcat RidgeSSE 161°2,981 m11.8 mi
South Thayne PeakSSE 156°2,980 m11.7 mi
Mount Olympus EastSSE 163°2,979 m12.0 mi
Little Water PeakSE 137°2,930 m14.1 mi
Murdock PeakSE 129°2,922 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0319:40
June solstice05:5720:2221:03
September equinox07:1618:5019:26
December solstice07:4916:1917:03

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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11529045160

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