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Peekaboo Spring

Peekaboo Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Peekaboo Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,534 m. Shay Mountain stands 3,040 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Trail Arch, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Indian Creek Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.11533, -109.75565

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Trail Arch: 0.1 mi
  • Skull Arch: 0.9 mi
  • Paul Bunyans Potty Arch: 1.0 mi
  • Anchor Arch 1: 1.2 mi
  • Anchor Arch 2: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Springs: 37
Cliffs: 14
  • Cave Cliff: 8.4 mi
  • Critic's Choice: 10.2 mi
  • Catwall: 10.7 mi
  • Reservoir Wall: 11.0 mi
  • Rambo Walls: 11.5 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Keyhole Ruins: 1.4 mi
  • Tower Ruin: 1.7 mi
  • Tower Ruin: 10.9 mi
  • Farmhouse Ruin: 11.5 mi
  • False Kiva: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Jump: 5.7 mi
  • Indian Creek Fall: 7.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Horse Canyon Arch: 1.9 mi
Parks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • White Rim Overlook Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Peekaboo Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shay MountainSE 138°3,040 m16.8 mi
Horse MountainS 184°2,820 m16.8 mi
Round MountainS 178°2,588 m18.6 mi
Mormon Pasture MountainS 174°2,575 m18.6 mi
Seven Sisters ButtesS 174°2,569 m15.7 mi
Alice PointSSW 207°2,552 m18.8 mi
Boundary ButteS 179°2,497 m13.5 mi
Skull and Crossbones SummitSSE 158°2,486 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:31
June solstice05:5720:0720:46
September equinox07:0818:4319:18
December solstice07:3316:2217:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303645526273797667544030
Precip in0.40.60.60.70.70.30.91.00.91.10.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canyonlands-the Needles, 4 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Canyonlands National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: May.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

  • Kingcup Cactus19 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard10 obs
  • Plateau Fence Lizard9 obs
  • Painted Milkvetch9 obs
  • butterfly milkweed8 obs
  • Woolly Locoweed8 obs
  • Great Basin Sand Verbena8 obs
  • Scarlet Gilia7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3548393374

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