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Gobblers Knob · 3,115 m · 3.6 km N
Utah

Big Cottonwood Canyon

Floor1,533 m5,030 ft
Depth
989 m
Rim
2,905 m
Length
18.5 km
Tonight
29°FPartly cloudy · Wind 2 mph NW

Big Cottonwood Canyon is up to 989 m deep: the rim reaches 2,905 m and the floor 1,533 m, along 18.5 km.

All facts
Floor
1,533 m
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Depth

Depth of Big Cottonwood Canyon

Up to 989 m deep (typically 741 m) along the 18.5 km in view.

1,5002,0002,5003,0003,500989 mrimfloor051018.5 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Big Cottonwood Canyon 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 15.7 × 15.7 km

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Vertical scale
Topographic map

Big Cottonwood Canyon terrain and contours

100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Big Cottonwood Canyon elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Big Cottonwood Canyon weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 29°F (-2°C) · 9% chance of precipitation · Wind 2 mph NW

Big Cottonwood Canyon forecast for about 2,350 m.

  • Tonight29°9%2 mph NW
  • Sat31°45°9%1–6 mph ENE
  • Sun31°44°20%0–3 mph N
  • Mon32°49°14%1–5 mph SSE
  • Tue29°45°40%7 mph SSW
  • Wed32°46°2%5 mph SW
  • Thu35°49°15%5 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:31 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Big Cottonwood Canyon

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Big Cottonwood Canyon, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    0.1 km SW

    +2 more within 0.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    0.5 km ENE

    +2 more within 2.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Jordan Pines Campground

    3.6 km E · +2 more within 4.3 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.1 km SW
Parking0.2 km ENE
Trailhead0.5 km ENE
Parking0.5 km ENE
Mineral Fork TrailheadTrailhead1.0 km WSW
Butler Fork TrailheadTrailhead2.5 km ENE
Jordan Pines CampgroundCampsite3.6 km E
Ponderosa Grove Group CampsiteCampsite3.7 km E
GRP1Campsite4.3 km E
Slope

Slope

Share of the 15.7 × 15.7 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
10.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
35.2%
Steep, 30–45°
46.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
7.9%
Steeper than 30°
53.9% of the 246 km² view
Relief in view
1,919 m low point 1,532 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 74.4%Grassland 17.9%Bare rock / sparse 4.3%Shrubland 3.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.8 km of Big Cottonwood Canyon.

NESW5 km10 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Kesler Peak3,171 m 1.9 km SE
  2. 2Sundial Peak3,134 m 4.0 km S
  3. 3North Flagstaff3,219 m 4.9 km SE
  4. 4Dromedary Peak3,385 m 4.9 km SSW
  5. 5Mount Superior3,364 m 5.1 km SSE
  6. 6Flagstaff Mountain3,214 m 5.1 km SE
  7. 7Cardiff Peak3,132 m 5.3 km SSE
  8. 8Twin Peaks (East)3,453 m 5.4 km SSW
  9. 9Twin Peaks (West)3,453 m 5.5 km SSW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.8 km; 1,447 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Moose403
  • Uinta Ground Squirrel402
  • Fireweed314
  • Quaking aspen275
  • Red baneberry270
  • Blue columbine230
Where it sits

Where Big Cottonwood Canyon sits

Region
Utah36United States932North America1,313
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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-30)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia