Chokecherry Picnic Area
Chokecherry Picnic Area is a picnic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,576 m. Naomi Peak stands 3,041 m to the north, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Kentucky Fried Penguin, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Logan Canyon Scenic Byway runs past it.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Logan Canyon Scenic Byway, National
- 16.3 mi off the Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 17.7 mi off the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 20.5 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bear Lake Overlook · 15 mi
- Mount McKinnon Viewpoint · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beirdneau Peak: 2.4 mi
- Mount Jardine: 4.9 mi
- Logan Peak: 5.0 mi
- Providence Peak: 5.3 mi
- Mount Elmer: 5.9 mi
- Little Cottonwood Spring: 2.6 mi
- White Bedground Spring: 3.4 mi
- Logan Cave Spring: 3.5 mi
- Box Spring: 3.6 mi
- Elk Spring: 5.3 mi
- Ray Hugie Hydro Park: 6.7 mi
- Lundstrom Park: 6.9 mi
- Canyon Entrance Park: 6.9 mi
- Quail Bluff Park: 7.4 mi
- Quail West Park: 7.5 mi
- Force of the Morning: 7.7 mi
- Troika: 7.8 mi
- Falling Water Santa Cruz XVII, XVIII, and XXII: 7.8 mi
- Untitled Bas Relief: 7.8 mi
- Nature's Grace: 7.8 mi
- Kentucky Fried Penguin: 0.3 mi
- Mullein Land: 0.4 mi
- Hobbit Caves: 1.4 mi
- Mile 385: 2.3 mi
- China Wall: 2.5 mi
- Card Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
- Site 1: 2.7 mi
- Site 2: 2.7 mi
- Site 3: 2.8 mi
- Dewitt Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Old Ephraim's Grave: 5.9 mi
- Temple Fork Sawmill: 6.5 mi
- Pioneer Plot: 7.9 mi
- Dawn to Dusk: 8.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Oxkiller Wildlife Management Area: 13.5 mi
- Bud Phelps Wildlife Management Area: 14.4 mi
- East Fork Little Bear Wildlife Management Area: 18.1 mi
- Coldwater Canyon Wildlife Managment Area: 22.2 mi
- Cinnamon Creek WMA: 22.2 mi
- Second Dam: 4.8 mi
- Bear Lake Overlook Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Bear Lake Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Permaculture Garden: 7.6 mi
- Hope Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Nuwuh Boheep: 10.8 mi
- Bluewater Beach: 17.2 mi
- Ideal Beach: 17.3 mi
- Cisco Beach: 24.6 mi
- Jardine Juniper: 3.5 mi
- Minnetonka Cave Tour: 23.3 mi
- First Waterfall: 7.2 mi
- Easter Falls: 24.3 mi
- Cache Valley DUP (Daughters of the Utah Pioneers) Museum: 9.4 mi
- Millville Museum: 10.2 mi
- La Plata: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Chokecherry Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naomi Peak | N 355° | 3,041 m | 9.8 mi |
| Cherry Peak | N 350° | 2,982 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Magog | N 1° | 2,972 m | 10.2 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | N 359° | 2,970 m | 14.2 mi |
| Logan Peak | SW 218° | 2,959 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Gog | N 1° | 2,954 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Elmer | NNW 345° | 2,943 m | 5.9 mi |
| Providence Peak | SSW 211° | 2,922 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:23 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:15 | 17:00 |
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 | 29 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 73 | 63 | 50 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Logan Utah ST Univ, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1185834108
Day trips start here
- Garden City · 18 mi
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