Beaver Creek Picnic Area
Beaver Creek Picnic Area is a picnic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,231 m. Hayden Peak stands 3,804 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Peak, a peak 3.4 miles away. Mirror Lake Scenic Byway runs past it.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway
- On the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - UT Section
- 16.1 mi off the Provo Canyon Scenic Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Provo River Overlook · 4 mi
- Slate Gorge Overlook · 10 mi
- Hayden Peak Overlook · 14 mi
- Ice Caves · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Castle Peak: 3.4 mi
- Duke Benchmark: 3.8 mi
- Hoyt Peak: 5.6 mi
- Pitt and Page Hill: 6.9 mi
- Potters Knoll: 7.0 mi
- Kamas Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- City Park: 7.1 mi
- Kamas City Park: 7.1 mi
- High Star Ranch Park: 7.3 mi
- South Summit Park: 8.2 mi
- High Star Ranch Statue: 7.3 mi
- Sheltering Aspen: 18.3 mi
- The International Olympic Flame: 18.3 mi
- Banksy: 18.4 mi
- Miner: 18.4 mi
- Duchesne Tunnel: 8.0 mi
- Masashi Goto Monument: 8.9 mi
- Abandoned Snowmachine: 13.8 mi
- Heber C. Kimball Monument: 16.2 mi
- Kletting Peak Historical Maker: 16.8 mi
- Duck Lake Spring: 7.8 mi
- Slope Spring: 18.7 mi
- Frog Pond: 19.1 mi
- Big Spring: 19.5 mi
- Larsen Spring: 19.5 mi
- Blue Moon Ranch Alpacas: 6.4 mi
- Wasatch County Highpoint: 13.4 mi
- Homestead Crater: 19.0 mi
- Silver King Mine: 19.1 mi
- McPolin Barn: 20.3 mi
- Upper Provo Bridge Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Hawthorne Group Day-Use Area: 14.9 mi
- Pinery Day-Use Area: 15.3 mi
- Crandall Day-Use Area: 15.8 mi
- Down Under: 16.2 mi
- Bluffs Outlook: 12.8 mi
- The Pass Crag: 13.7 mi
- Cobrazone: 13.7 mi
- White Ledge: 17.7 mi
- Red Ledge: 21.1 mi
- Museum: 15.3 mi
- Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum: 16.2 mi
- CAF Heber Valley Museum: 17.8 mi
- Park City Museum: 18.4 mi
- Eccles 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum: 22.6 mi
- Upper Provo River Falls: 10.8 mi
- Middle Provo River Falls: 10.8 mi
- Lower Provo River Falls: 10.8 mi
- Little Deer Creek Falls: 13.3 mi
- Jordanelle: 13.9 mi
- Keetley: 14.1 mi
- Rockport: 15.9 mi
- Forest City: 24.8 mi
- Lulu's Garden: 13.0 mi
- Knoop Polinator Garden: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Beaver Creek Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Peak | ENE 64° | 3,803.6 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Agassiz | ENE 70° | 3,788 m | 18.0 mi |
| A-1 Peak | ENE 58° | 3,772.5 m | 19.3 mi |
| East Hayden Peak | ENE 64° | 3,744.1 m | 19.1 mi |
| Kletting Peak | ENE 57° | 3,670 m | 18.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ENE 67° | 3,640.2 m | 13.8 mi |
| East Grandaddy Mountain | E 96° | 3,551 m | 19.0 mi |
| Reids Peak | ENE 65° | 3,527 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:18 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:18 | 17:01 |
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 | 25 | 28 | 36 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kamas, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Park City · 19 mi
- Wasatch Range · 27 mi
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