- Elevation, modelled
- 1,378 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Thurston Peak2,954 m · 21.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway19.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 21:05local time
- Coordinates
- 41.0324, -112.2565
Buffalo Point Interpretive and Picnic Area is a picnic site in Utah, at a modelled 1,378 m. Thurston Peak stands 2,954 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Point, a peak 0.4 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buffalo Point Interpretive and Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurston Peak | E 81° | 2,954 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Ogden | ENE 59° | 2,917 m | 22.7 mi |
| Francis Peak | E 90° | 2,904 m | 21.8 mi |
| Snow Horse Ridge | E 84° | 2,893 m | 21.3 mi |
| Allen Peak | ENE 58° | 2,885 m | 22.7 mi |
| De Moisy Peak | ENE 62° | 2,847 m | 22.7 mi |
| Bountiful Peak | ESE 101° | 2,823 m | 23.3 mi |
| The Needles | ENE 61° | 2,822 m | 22.6 mi |
- 19.0 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 22.1 mi off the Ogden River Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Tuscany Park: 9.1 mi
- Ranchetts West Park: 9.2 mi
- Arnold T Bingham Memorial Park: 9.6 mi
- Rock Creek Park: 9.7 mi
- Equestrian Park: 10.0 mi
- Buffalo Point: 0.4 mi
- Beacon Knob: 2.7 mi
- Elephant Head: 3.1 mi
- Dooly Knob: 3.6 mi
- Coyote Ridge: 4.0 mi
- US Army Ranger and Air Force Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Our Desert Island Home: 5.8 mi
- Original Hooper Flag Pole: 11.2 mi
- Muskrat Springs Historical Marker: 11.9 mi
- Dellenbach: 13.0 mi
- Syracuse Regional Museum: 10.8 mi
- Syracuse Museum: 10.8 mi
- Hill Aerospace Museum: 15.2 mi
- Roy Heritage Museum: 15.2 mi
- Utah Aviation Hall of Fame: 15.3 mi
- Bulgy The Whale: 19.2 mi
- Engine 86: 19.2 mi
- Wildcat Statue: 19.3 mi
- Louis Frederick Moench Statue: 19.6 mi
- Music Scuplture: 19.7 mi
- Dairy Spring: 4.5 mi
- Hooper Hot Springs: 8.4 mi
- Mushroom Springs: 8.7 mi
- Pass Canyon Spring: 15.9 mi
- Cane Spring: 17.5 mi
- Frary Gravesite Interpretive Trail: 5.8 mi
- Fielding Garr Ranch: 8.7 mi
- Fat Cats: 12.4 mi
- Classic Fun Center: 14.2 mi
- Tepanyaki: 14.3 mi
- Rasmussen Teaching Garden: 16.5 mi
- Ogden Botanical Gardens: 21.1 mi
- Asian Garden: 21.1 mi
- Magna Community Garden: 23.3 mi
- Bountiful Temple Underground Garden: 23.7 mi
- Bridger Bay Beach: 1.0 mi
- Camera Flats: 4.3 mi
- Jones Beach: 8.2 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 20.8 mi
- Sunset Beach: 21.2 mi
- Howard Slough Waterfowl Management Area: 8.3 mi
- The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 12.7 mi
- Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 14.8 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 19.5 mi
- Black Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Cambria Point: 5.8 mi
- Morgan Point: 15.9 mi
- Ninth Street Crag: 22.5 mi
- Promontory Point: 15.4 mi
- Saline: 16.9 mi
- Adams Canyon Lower Falls: 18.5 mi
- Adams Canyon Waterfall: 19.5 mi
- Fernwood Recreation Site: 18.8 mi
- Village Green: 19.4 mi
- Industrial Arch: 24.2 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 24.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:24 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:20 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 33 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 78 | 76 | 65 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ogden Hinkley AP, 17 mi away.
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