Pack Creek Group Picnic Site
Pack Creek Group Picnic Site is a picnic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,950 m. Mount Peale stands 3,877 m to the east, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Pack Creek Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- USFS
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway
- 15.9 mi off the Potash-Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway
- 21.7 mi off the Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway
- 20.8 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Icebox Canyon Overlook · 16 mi
- Colorado River Overlook · 16 mi
- Portal Overlook · 16 mi
- Longbow Arch Viewpoint · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Tuk: 4.1 mi
- Mount Tukuhnikivatz: 4.3 mi
- South Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Talking Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Mount Laurel: 5.6 mi
- Guardian Rock: 5.3 mi
- Moab Rim Arch: 6.0 mi
- Tukuhnikivats Arch: 6.3 mi
- Hole N'' The Rock: 7.0 mi
- High Dive: 7.4 mi
- North Dakota Crag: 4.1 mi
- Porcupine Rim: 9.8 mi
- Porcupine Rim: 13.0 mi
- Tombstone: 15.3 mi
- Scorched Earth Wall: 16.1 mi
- Tukuhnikivatz Spring: 2.7 mi
- Kane Springs: 6.7 mi
- Mason Spring: 7.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.0 mi
- Trout Water Canyon Spring: 14.5 mi
- Pinhook Draw Historical Marker: 10.3 mi
- Old City Park: 11.2 mi
- Rotary Park: 14.0 mi
- Center Street Ballparks: 14.7 mi
- Robin Groff Memorial Park: 14.7 mi
- Faux Falls: 5.0 mi
- Mille Creek Falls (Left Hand): 12.6 mi
- Medieval Chamber: 14.2 mi
- "Slytherin Falls": 15.4 mi
- Indian Creek Fall: 24.0 mi
- Moab Music Festival: 14.7 mi
- Utah Burr: 14.9 mi
- Get Your Mind Rolling: 14.9 mi
- Moab Mural: 15.1 mi
- Animal sculptures: 19.7 mi
- Moab Museum: 14.8 mi
- Moab Giants: 24.9 mi
- Interactive Track Museum: 24.9 mi
- Pack Creek Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Shelter: 22.3 mi
- Miners Basin: 8.1 mi
- Castleton: 11.7 mi
- Window Arch: 12.9 mi
- Trigon Arch: 20.0 mi
- Kane Springs Rest Area: 6.8 mi
- Farmstead History: 15.3 mi
- Scott Matheson Wetlands Preserve: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Pack Creek Group Picnic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Peale | E 88° | 3,877 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Mellenthin | ENE 71° | 3,852 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Tukuhnikivatz | E 86° | 3,810 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Waas | NE 40° | 3,751 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Laurel | ENE 76° | 3,740 m | 5.6 mi |
| Manns Peak | NE 49° | 3,729 m | 8.4 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | NE 42° | 3,719 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Tomasaki | ENE 57° | 3,711 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:19 | 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 | 27 | 31 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 65 | 72 | 70 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LA SAL 1SW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2344691964
Day trips start here
- Arches National Park · 24 mi
- Canyonlands National Park · 29 mi
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