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Adams Canyon Lower Falls

Adams Canyon Lower Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Adams Canyon Lower Falls is a waterfall in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,545 m. Thurston Peak stands 2,954 m to the east-northeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is East Mountain Wilderness Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.

About

The story

Valley in Davis County, Utah, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49773872, matched on coordinates and name (544 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Height
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.06526, -111.90391
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East Mountain Wilderness Park: 0.9 mi
  • Andy Adams Park: 1.7 mi
  • Hods Hollow Park: 1.8 mi
  • LDS Church Park and Greenery: 2.1 mi
  • LDS Church Park Area East: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Davis High D: 2.9 mi
  • Vietnam Memorial Wall Replica: 2.9 mi
  • Thurston Peak: 3.0 mi
  • Memorial monument to local child: 3.8 mi
  • F-16: 5.1 mi
Artworks
Museums: 51
  • Heritage Museum of Layton: 3.1 mi
  • Town Hall: 5.6 mi
  • Gun Collection: 5.6 mi
  • Token, Currency & Silver Collection: 5.6 mi
  • Music Hall: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 50
  • Snow Horse: 2.6 mi
  • Classic Fun Center: 4.5 mi
  • Tepanyaki: 5.1 mi
  • S & S Shortline Railroad Park and Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Carousel: 5.6 mi
Gardens: 42
Picnic sites: 41
Springs: 31
  • Bear Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Willow Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Wheeler Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Ogden Hot Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 12.7 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Windsurfer Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Anderson Cove Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Cemetery Point Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Camera Flats: 14.9 mi
  • Pelican Beach: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve: 8.2 mi
  • Legacy Nature Reserve: 8.7 mi
  • Howard Slough Waterfowl Management Area: 13.0 mi
  • Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 15.4 mi
  • East Canyon Wildlife Management Area: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Adams Canyon Waterfall: 1.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Industrial Arch: 17.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Adams Canyon Lower Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thurston PeakENE2,954 m3.0 mi
Mount OgdenN2,917 m9.4 mi
Francis PeakESE2,904 m4.1 mi
Snow Horse RidgeE2,893 m2.9 mi
Allen PeakN2,885 m9.7 mi
Grandview PeakSSE2,866 m16.8 mi
De Moisy PeakN2,847 m8.6 mi
Bountiful PeakSSE2,823 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5620:2321:04
September equinox07:1618:5019:26
December solstice07:5016:1917:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283342475866787465513928
Precip in2.72.52.73.13.01.70.81.01.72.32.02.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Weber Basin Pump PLT 3, 3 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3.74.36.923.759.534.18.53.72.93.53.53.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Farmington CR Abv Div NR Farmington, Utah, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6486342674

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