Bridal Veil Falls
Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,633 m. Mount Timpanogos stands 3,581 m to the north-northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Bridal Veil Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Provo Canyon Scenic Byway runs past it.
The story
Bridal Veil Falls is a 607-foot-tall (185 m) double cataract waterfall in the south end of Provo Canyon, close to US189 in Utah, United States. Battle Creek Falls is on a nearby mountain side, approximately 10 miles north of Bridal Veil Falls.
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Wikidata Q4966085, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 185 m
How to reach it
- On the Provo Canyon Scenic Byway
- 16.8 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Nebo Loop Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Slide Canyon Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Beaver Dam Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bridal Veil Falls Park: 0.2 mi
- Rotary Park Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Canyon Glen Park: 1.1 mi
- Canyon View Park: 2.6 mi
- South Fork Park: 2.9 mi
- Upper Falls Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Rotary Pavilion: 5.4 mi
- Scera Main Pavilion: 5.8 mi
- Sailboat Beach Day-Use Area: 7.0 mi
- Peterson Day-Use Area: 7.3 mi
- North Cascade Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Cascade Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Peak 6233 ft: 2.7 mi
- Little Baldy: 2.9 mi
- Peak 10731 ft: 3.0 mi
- Curly Springs: 4.0 mi
- Cascade Saddle Spring: 4.7 mi
- Horse Spring: 5.6 mi
- Grove Creek Spring: 5.9 mi
- Windy Pass Spring: 6.2 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 5.3 mi
- Samuel H. Smith: 5.9 mi
- Matthew 4:18-20: 6.0 mi
- Stonehenge: 6.2 mi
- Temple of Mercury: 6.5 mi
- Provo Canyon Guard Quarters: 0.5 mi
- Hatfieldadelphia Castle: 6.1 mi
- Geneva Elementary Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Victory Bell: 6.4 mi
- Gollum's Cave Memoriam: 7.0 mi
- Orem Heritage Museum: 6.0 mi
- BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures: 6.0 mi
- Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum: 6.4 mi
- BYU Museum of Paleontology: 6.4 mi
- Museum of Mormon Mexican History: 6.6 mi
- Upper Bridal Veil Falls: 0.0 mi
- Smith Ditch Falls No. 2: 0.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 0.7 mi
- Smith Ditch Falls No.1: 0.8 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 0.9 mi
- Rock Garden: 3.4 mi
- Timp Falls View Point: 4.6 mi
- Classic Fun Center: 5.8 mi
- The "Y": 6.4 mi
- Fat Cats: 6.8 mi
- Aston Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- LiVe Well Garden North: 6.0 mi
- LiVe Well Garden South: 6.0 mi
- University Parkway Bridge Xeriscape Garden: 6.2 mi
- Cambridge Courts Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Provo River Delta Restoration Project Area: 9.1 mi
- Lower Hobble Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.0 mi
- Corner Canyon: 16.9 mi
- Galena Soónkahni Preserve: 20.1 mi
- South Jordan City Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 21.8 mi
- Forest City: 13.0 mi
- Jordanelle: 21.1 mi
- West Portal: 22.3 mi
- Keetley: 22.7 mi
- Mosida: 23.8 mi
- Ghost Falls: 2.0 mi
- Hinterlands Climbing Area: 4.6 mi
- Honeycomb Cliffs: 18.1 mi
- Black Point: 23.2 mi
- Vineyard Beach: 8.7 mi
- Vineyard Beach: 8.8 mi
- Lincoln Beach: 17.2 mi
- Rock Arch: 10.8 mi
- Storm Window Arch: 15.8 mi
- Diamond Arch: 20.8 mi
- Saratoga Hot Springs: 15.7 mi
- Walmart Parking Lot: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Bridal Veil Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Timpanogos | NNW 327° | 3,581 m | 4.3 mi |
| South Timpanogos | NNW 330° | 3,572.9 m | 3.6 mi |
| North Timpanogos | NNW 327° | 3,487.2 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bomber Peak | NNW 327° | 3,458.6 m | 5.4 mi |
| White Baldy | NNW 343° | 3,451 m | 14.0 mi |
| The Shoulder | NNW 333° | 3,401.9 m | 4.1 mi |
| East Provo Peak | SSE 155° | 3,366 m | 6.9 mi |
| Provo Peak | SSE 160° | 3,355 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:03 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:20 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:21 | 17:04 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 25 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sundance, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 14.9 | 14.5 | 18.4 | 49.9 | 157 | 187 | 89.6 | 39.3 | 25.7 | 22.0 | 19.1 | 16.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge American FK AB Upper Powerplant NR American Fk, UT, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2424574511
Day trips start here
- Orem · 6 mi
- Provo · 7 mi
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument · 9 mi
- American Fork · 10 mi
- Lehi · 14 mi
- Draper · 19 mi
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