Green Canyon Picnic Area
Green Canyon Picnic Area is a picnic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,595 m. Naomi Peak stands 3,041 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ouch Wall, a cliff 0.9 miles away. Logan Canyon Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Logan Canyon Scenic Byway, National
- 16.0 mi off the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 24.2 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bear Lake Overlook · 19 mi
- Mount McKinnon Viewpoint · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Castle Rock: 1.4 mi
- Three Hill: 2.5 mi
- Round Hill: 3.2 mi
- Temple Baldy: 3.9 mi
- Beirdneau Peak: 3.9 mi
- Lundstrom Park: 1.8 mi
- Ray Hugie Hydro Park: 2.1 mi
- Mountain View Park: 2.2 mi
- Canyon Entrance Park: 2.3 mi
- D. Craig Aston Park: 2.7 mi
- Red Ledge Spring: 5.2 mi
- White Bedground Spring: 6.0 mi
- Box Spring: 7.5 mi
- Little Cottonwood Spring: 7.8 mi
- Logan Cave Spring: 7.8 mi
- Force of the Morning: 2.8 mi
- Troika: 2.8 mi
- Merlin J. Olsen Aggie All-American: 2.8 mi
- Falling Water Santa Cruz XVII, XVIII, and XXII: 2.8 mi
- Opus: 2.8 mi
- Pioneer Plot: 2.7 mi
- Dawn to Dusk: 2.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Champ Drive Commemorative Plaque: 3.2 mi
- The Limestone Quarry: 5.6 mi
- Ouch Wall: 0.9 mi
- Question Wall: 0.9 mi
- Campsite 7: 1.0 mi
- First Practice Wall: 1.8 mi
- Second Practice Wall: 1.8 mi
- Second Dam Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- SLC Bonfire Ring: 2.4 mi
- Group Site: 2.9 mi
- Dewitt Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Site 3: 3.0 mi
- Cache Valley DUP (Daughters of the Utah Pioneers) Museum: 4.4 mi
- Millville Museum: 6.9 mi
- Bear River Valley Museum: 21.1 mi
- Brigham City Museum: 22.2 mi
- Brigham City Depot: 22.6 mi
- Bud Phelps Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
- Oxkiller Wildlife Management Area: 12.2 mi
- East Fork Little Bear Wildlife Management Area: 17.2 mi
- Coldwater Canyon Wildlife Managment Area: 17.2 mi
- Cinnamon Creek WMA: 23.7 mi
- Second Dam: 1.8 mi
- Bear Lake Overlook Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Bear Lake Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Brigham City Welcome Center, I-15 Southbound: 21.8 mi
- Permaculture Garden: 2.6 mi
- Hope Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Nuwuh Boheep: 6.8 mi
- Jardine Juniper: 7.5 mi
- Box Elder County Fairgrounds: 21.9 mi
- Hirschi's Haunted Hollow: 23.8 mi
- First Waterfall: 5.8 mi
- Easter Falls: 20.7 mi
- Bluewater Beach: 21.9 mi
- Ideal Beach: 22.0 mi
- La Plata: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Green Canyon Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naomi Peak | NNE 25° | 3,041 m | 10.8 mi |
| Cherry Peak | NNE 18° | 2,982 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Magog | NNE 29° | 2,972 m | 11.6 mi |
| Doubletop Mountain | NNE 20° | 2,970 m | 15.1 mi |
| Logan Peak | SSE 149° | 2,959 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Gog | NNE 27° | 2,954 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Elmer | NE 34° | 2,943 m | 6.9 mi |
| Providence Peak | SSE 150° | 2,922 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:03 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:24 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1185834114
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- Garden City · 23 mi
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