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Kane Springs Rest Area

Kane Springs Rest Area from directly overhead

Kane Springs Rest Area is a rest area in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,556 m. Mount Peale stands 3,877 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Kane Springs, a spring less than a tenth of a mile away. Potash-Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

park in San Juan County, Utah, United States of America

Wikidata Q49509308, joined on its GNIS feature id.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1556 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.39386, -109.45229

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Hole N'' The Rock: 0.2 mi
  • Guardian Rock: 3.1 mi
  • Moab Rim Arch: 3.9 mi
  • High Dive: 4.0 mi
  • Balcony Arch: 4.0 mi
Peaks
  • Flat Iron Mesa: 4.5 mi
  • Flat Iron Point: 8.1 mi
  • Looking Glass Rock: 8.6 mi
  • South Mountain: 10.4 mi
  • Little Tuk: 10.8 mi
Springs: 16
  • Kane Springs: 0.0 mi
  • Trout Water Canyon Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Tukuhnikivatz Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Dripping Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Mason Spring: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • North Dakota Crag: 10.9 mi
  • Scorched Earth Wall: 11.8 mi
  • Tombstone: 12.1 mi
  • Wall Street: 13.3 mi
  • Porcupine Rim: 13.8 mi
Parks: 11
  • Old City Park: 10.4 mi
  • Rotary Park: 12.7 mi
  • Robin Groff Memorial Park: 13.3 mi
  • Center Street Ballparks: 13.4 mi
  • Bullick Cross Creek Park: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Faux Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Mille Creek Falls (Left Hand): 12.1 mi
  • Medieval Chamber: 14.1 mi
  • Indian Creek Fall: 17.5 mi
  • "Slytherin Falls": 19.6 mi
Artworks: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Window Arch: 10.0 mi
  • Trigon Arch: 16.4 mi
  • Horse Canyon Arch: 24.9 mi
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Farmstead History: 13.7 mi
  • Tower Ruin: 24.1 mi
  • Keyhole Ruins: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 1
  • Scott Matheson Wetlands Preserve: 14.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Kane Springs Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PealeENE 76°3,877 m12.5 mi
Mount MellenthinENE 68°3,852 m12.8 mi
Mount TukuhnikivatzENE 73°3,810 m10.9 mi
Mount WaasNE 50°3,751 m15.8 mi
Mount LaurelENE 70°3,740 m12.3 mi
Manns PeakNE 56°3,729 m15.0 mi
Pilot MountainNE 52°3,719 m15.0 mi
Mount TomasakiENE 61°3,711 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:30
June solstice05:5520:0620:46
September equinox07:0618:4219:16
December solstice07:3216:2017:01

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273139465565727061493727
Precip in1.00.80.91.11.00.71.31.21.51.40.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LA SAL 1SW, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/206347757

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