Big Cottonwood Mine
Big Cottonwood Mine is a quarry in Salt Lake, Utah and has an elevation of 9,619 feet. Big Cottonwood Mine is situated nearby to the village Brighton, as well as near Secret Lake.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
- Address: UT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brighton Ski Resort and Guardsman Pass.
Brighton Ski Resort
Resort
Photo: PeteysHead, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brighton Ski Resort is a ski area in the western United States, located in Big Cottonwood Canyon in Brighton, Utah. About thirty miles from downtown Salt Lake City, it is owned and operated by Boyne Resorts. Brighton Ski Resort is situated 1 mile north of Big Cottonwood Mine.
Guardsman Pass
Mountain saddle
Guardsman Pass (elevation 9,717 feet is a high mountain pass in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. The pass is located on the boundaries of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest to the west, and the Bonanza Flats backcountry area to the east. Guardsman Pass is situated 2 miles northeast of Big Cottonwood Mine.
Secret Lake
Photo: Climbjm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cecret Lake is a small alpine lake in Albion Basin which is within the town limits of Alta in the U.S. state of Utah. This area is also part of the Wasatch National Forest. Secret Lake is situated 2 miles southwest of Big Cottonwood Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brighton and Alta.
Brighton
Village
Brighton is a town in eastern Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Alta
Photo: Thatotherperson, CC BY 3.0.
Alta is a small town at the head of Little Cottonwood Canyon in Salt Lake County, part of the Wasatch Range region of Utah.
Snowbird
Locality
Snowbird is an unincorporated community in Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains near Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Snowbird is situated 4 miles west of Big Cottonwood Mine.
Big Cottonwood Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Salt Lake, Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.58405° or 40° 35′ 3″ northLongitude
-111.58549° or 111° 35′ 8″ westElevation
9,619 feet (2,932 metres)Open location code
85GCHCM7+JROpenStreetMap ID
way 1189306715OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Big Cottonwood Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Cottonwood Mine”
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