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Second Dam Picnic Area

Second Dam Picnic Area from directly overhead

Second Dam Picnic Area is a picnic site in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,509 m. Naomi Peak stands 3,041 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Second Dam, a rest area less than a tenth of a mile away. Logan Canyon Scenic Byway runs past it.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates41.74643, -111.74746

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Castle Rock: 1.4 mi
  • Temple Baldy: 2.4 mi
  • Little Baldy: 2.6 mi
  • Logan Peak: 2.8 mi
  • Providence Peak: 3.4 mi
Parks
  • Ray Hugie Hydro Park: 1.9 mi
  • Canyon Entrance Park: 2.1 mi
  • Lundstrom Park: 2.4 mi
  • Quail Bluff Park: 2.5 mi
  • Quail West Park: 2.7 mi
Springs
  • White Bedground Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Box Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Leatham Hollow Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Red Ledge Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Little Cottonwood Spring: 7.5 mi
Artworks: 47
Historic sites: 22
Cliffs: 20
  • Second Practice Wall: 0.3 mi
  • First Practice Wall: 0.6 mi
  • Campsite 7: 1.8 mi
  • Question Wall: 1.8 mi
  • Ouch Wall: 1.8 mi
Picnic sites: 17
Museums: 6
Rest areas: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Gardens: 3
  • Permaculture Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Hope Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Nuwuh Boheep: 6.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • First Waterfall: 4.1 mi
  • Easter Falls: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 2
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Second Dam Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Naomi PeakNNE 18°3,041 m12.0 mi
Cherry PeakNNE 12°2,982 m12.5 mi
Mount MagogNNE 22°2,972 m12.7 mi
Doubletop MountainNNE 16°2,970 m16.4 mi
Logan PeakSE 146°2,959 m2.8 mi
Mount GogNNE 21°2,954 m13.6 mi
Mount ElmerNNE 22°2,943 m8.0 mi
Providence PeakSSE 149°2,922 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0319:39
June solstice05:5320:2421:06
September equinox07:1518:4919:26
December solstice07:5216:1517:00

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939465665747363503726
Precip in1.81.62.22.32.41.30.60.71.31.81.41.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Logan Utah ST Univ, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1185834105

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