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Dogwood Picnic Area

Dogwood Picnic Area from directly overhead

Dogwood Picnic Area is a picnic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,581 m. Twin Peaks (west) stands 3,502 m to the southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Site 3, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

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Access
Yes
Fee
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.62234, -111.76879

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
  • Site 3: 0.0 mi
  • Site 2: 0.0 mi
  • Site 4: 0.0 mi
  • Site 1: 0.0 mi
  • Site 5: 0.0 mi
Parks
  • Ferguson Park: 1.1 mi
  • Bywater Park: 1.9 mi
  • Golden Hills Park: 2.1 mi
  • Mill Hollow Park: 2.3 mi
  • Knudsen Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
  • Hounds Tooth: 1.3 mi
  • Storm Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Olympus: 2.4 mi
  • Triangle Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Mount Olympus East: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Temple Granite Quarry: 3.5 mi
  • Acrobats On Rock: 3.5 mi
  • Plugging Into The Water: 3.5 mi
  • Historic Fort Union: 4.8 mi
  • 5VY4388: 5.7 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Chief Wasatch: 6.8 mi
  • Look At Me: 7.0 mi
  • Glaciated Mass: 7.0 mi
  • Mountain Motion: 7.0 mi
  • 16 Triangles: 7.0 mi
Attractions
  • Classic Fun Center: 7.2 mi
  • Chad's Gap: 8.0 mi
  • Jack's Mailbox: 8.1 mi
  • Aquarium Fin/Wave: 9.0 mi
  • EECO Voyager: 9.1 mi
Springs: 49
  • Mount Olympus Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Beaver Ponds Springs: 3.5 mi
  • Beaver Ponds Springs: 3.5 mi
  • Beaver Ponds Springs: 3.5 mi
  • Beaver Ponds Springs: 3.5 mi
Museums: 45
  • Wheeler Farm House: 5.0 mi
  • The National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers: 6.2 mi
  • Sandy Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Midvale Historical Museum: 7.0 mi
  • Automotive Addiction: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Hidden Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Moss Ledge Waterfall: 3.1 mi
  • Upper Lisa Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Lisa Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves: 11
  • H-Rock Open Space: 7.8 mi
  • Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 7.9 mi
  • Mystic Springs Wetland Educational Area: 8.4 mi
  • South Jordan City Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 8.7 mi
  • South Jordan City Southeast Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 9.1 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Beaches: 4
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Storm Window Arch: 8.7 mi
  • Industrial Arch: 14.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Saratoga Hot Springs: 19.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Dogwood Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin Peaks (west)SE 130°3,501.8 m7.6 mi
Twin Peaks (east)SE 128°3,484.8 m7.9 mi
Geek PeakSE 131°3,471 m8.1 mi
Twin Peaks (East)SE 128°3,453.4 m3.2 mi
The PfeifferhornSSE 152°3,453 m7.0 mi
Twin Peaks (West)SE 130°3,452.8 m3.1 mi
White BaldySE 143°3,451 m7.7 mi
Sunrise PeakSE 126°3,436.6 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0319:39
June solstice05:5720:2121:02
September equinox07:1518:5019:26
December solstice07:4816:2017:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303644505970797768544031
Precip in2.22.32.73.32.81.40.60.91.62.12.12.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cottonwood Weir, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1329699342

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