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Twin Peaks (West) · 3,453 m · 6.1 km NE
Utah

Little Cottonwood Canyon

Floor1,742 m5,715 ft
Depth
514 m
Rim
2,256 m
Length
5.5 km
Tonight
34°FPartly cloudy · Wind 5 mph NNE

Little Cottonwood Canyon is up to 514 m deep: the rim reaches 2,256 m and the floor 1,742 m, along 5.5 km.

All facts
Floor
1,742 m
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Depth

Depth of Little Cottonwood Canyon

Up to 514 m deep (typically 302 m) along the 5.5 km in view.

1,5001,7502,0002,2502,5002,750514 mrimfloor0245.5 km

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

3D map

Little Cottonwood Canyon 3D map

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Topographic map

Little 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

Little Cottonwood Canyon elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Little Cottonwood Canyon weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 34°F (1°C) · 7% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph NNE

Little Cottonwood Canyon forecast for about 2,526 m.

  • Tonight34°7%5 mph NNE
  • Sat36°45°5%3–10 mph NNE
  • Sun36°44°17%3 mph N
  • Mon38°50°11%7 mph SSE
  • Tue34°47°37%7–10 mph S
  • Wed37°47°2%6 mph SSW
  • Thu40°50°15%3–8 mph S

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

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Little Cottonwood Canyon

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Tanners Flat Campground

    0.7 km E · +2 more within 3.0 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    0.7 km ENE

    +2 more within 0.8 km

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  • Nearest trailhead

    Little Cottonwood Trail

    1.7 km W · +2 more within 5.0 km

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All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Tanners Flat CampgroundCampsite0.7 km E
Parking0.7 km ENE
Group Site DCampsite0.8 km ENE
Parking0.8 km W
Parking0.8 km ENE
Little Cottonwood TrailTrailhead1.7 km W
White Pine TrailheadTrailhead2.2 km ENE
Campsite3.0 km SSE
Grit Mill TrailheadTrailhead5.0 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
26.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
29.5%
Steep, 30–45°
35.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
8.2%
Steeper than 30°
43.7% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view
2,050 m low point 1,401 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 56.0%Grassland 20.1%Bare rock / sparse 12.2%Built-up 7.0%Shrubland 4.6%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Little Cottonwood Canyon.

NESW5 km10 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1North Thunder Mountain3,400 m 3.4 km ESE
  2. 2South Thunder Mountain3,400 m 3.6 km SE
  3. 3The Pfeifferhorn3,453 m 5.8 km ESE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 1,259 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Lesser Goldfinch351
  • House Finch313
  • Black-billed Magpie289
  • Black-capped Chickadee224
  • American Robin209
  • Dark-eyed Junco170
Where it sits

Where Little Cottonwood Canyon sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Wasatch Range13
Region
Utah36United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Wasatch–Cache National Forest5
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Wasatch Range 6
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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 2026-09-03)
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