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Mount Nebo
- Prominence
- 1,676 m5,499 ft
- Isolation
- 119 km
- Tonight
- 30°FFair · Wind 7 mph NW
Mount Nebo is a 3,637 m (11,933 ft) mountain in the Wasatch Range, Utah, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,637 m · 11,933 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Bald Mountain (3,640 m)
- Range
- Wasatch Range
- Region
- Utah, United States
- Protected area
- Uinta National Forest
- Coordinates
- 39.8220° N, 111.7605° W
Mount Nebo 3D map
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Mount Nebo topographic map
100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from North Nebo Peak Trailhead. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Nebo downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Mount Nebo
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from North Nebo Peak Trailhead (trailhead)
- Distance
- 7.0 kmone way
- Climb
- +983 m−179 m (3,225 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Nebo weather
Tonight · Fair · 30°F (-1°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 7 mph NW
Mount Nebo forecast for the summit, about 2,768 m.
- Tonight30°1%7 mph NW
- Sat32°40°11%10 mph NE
- Sun31°39°18%2–6 mph NNW
- Mon33°45°3%5–8 mph S
- Tue31°43°13%10 mph S
- Wed33°43°1%8 mph SSW
- Thu35°44°15%7 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:31 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Nebo
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Nebo, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Mt. Nebo Overlook
Nearest trailhead
Monument Trailhead
Nearest campsite
Bear Canyon Group Site C
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Mt. Nebo OverlookParking | 3.4 km ENE |
| Monument TrailheadTrailhead | 4.1 km NE |
| Monument TrailheadParking | 4.2 km NE |
| North Nebo Peak TrailheadParking | 4.4 km NE |
| North Nebo Peak TrailheadTrailhead | 4.4 km NE |
| Salt Creek TrailheadTrailhead | 4.5 km SSE |
| Bear Canyon Group Site CCampsite | 4.5 km SSE |
| Bear Canyon Group Site BCampsite | 4.6 km SE |
| Bear Canyon Group Site ACampsite | 4.6 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Mount Nebo?
The easiest mapped route, 7.1 km from 2,822 m to 3,637 m. Steepest stretch: 29°.
- 0–15°5.8 km
- 15–30°1.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5.3 km, measured from the Mount Nebo summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Middle Nebo Peak3,604 m 0.8 km SSW
- 2South Nebo Peak3,620 m 1.4 km SSW
- 3North Peak3,406 m 2.1 km NNE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.3 km; 297 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Natural Black Morel25
- Limber pine22
- Police Car Moth21
- Alpine Collomia20
- Leafy Jacob's ladder16
- Western coneflower15
Where Mount Nebo sits
- Region
- Utah36United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Utah Lake1,368 m↑44 km N
Provo Canyon1,468 m↑58 km NNE
Mount TimpanogosPeak · 3,581 m↑64 km N
American Fork Canyon1,514 m↑68 km N
Little Cottonwood Canyon1,566 m↑84 km N
More in the Wasatch Range 6
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,636 m at the summit; the official height is 3,637 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,637 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 3,638 m | +1 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 3,636 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 3,626 m | -11 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,607 m | -30 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-04)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © 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
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
- Accuracy comparison, 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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia