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Thistle

Thistle is a ghost town in Spanish Fork Canyon in southeastern , United States. During the era of steam locomotives, the town's primary industry was servicing trains for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: ghost town in Utah County, Utah, United States
  • Also known as: “Thistle, UT” and “Thistle, Utah”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birdseye.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in southeastern , , United States. is situated 5 miles southwest of Thistle.

Thistle

Latitude
39.99266° or 39° 59′ 34″ north
Longitude
-111.49755° or 111° 29′ 51″ west
Elevation
5,043 feet (1,537 metres)
Open location code
85FCXGV2+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150966876
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
5548378
Wiki­data ID
Q3068253
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Thistle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ثيستل يوتا”
  • Arabic: “ثيستل”
  • Czech: “Thistle”
  • Estonian: “Thistle”
  • French: “Thistle”
  • German: “Thistle”
  • Haitian: “Thistle, Utah”
  • Haitian: “Thistle”
  • Japanese: “シスル”
  • Portuguese: “Thistle”
  • Scots: “Thistle, Utah”
  • Scots: “Thistle”
  • Slovak: “Thistle”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تیستل، یوتا”
  • Spanish: “Thistle”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Primitive Camping Area and Billies Mountain.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thistle”. Photo: pumpkinjuice, CC BY-SA 2.0.