Fremont Indian State Park and Museum
Fremont Indian State Park and Museum is a state park in Utah, US, which interprets archaeological remains of the Fremont culture. The park is located in Sevier County, Utah in the Clear Creek Canyon.
| Fremont Indian State Park and Museum | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
 Rock art at Fremont Indian State Park | |
  Location of Fremont Indian State Park and Museum in Utah  Fremont Indian State Park and Museum (the United States) | |
| Location | Sevier, Utah, United States |
| Coordinates | 38°34′39″N 112°20′06″W |
| Area | 889 acres (360 ha)[1] |
| Established | 1987 |
| Visitors | 101993 (in 2011)[2] |
| Operator | Utah State Parks |
The park directly adjoins Interstate 70 as it travels up the Clear Creek Canyon, and thus is highly accessible by auto. The nearest town with full services (motels, etc.) is Richfield. There are campgrounds and RV parks in the area as well.
The site was discovered during the construction of Interstate 70, and thousands of artifacts have been excavated from the ancient village and put on permanent display at the museum there .[3] The museum offers hiking trails and picnic areas.
The Fremont Indians were agriculturalists who lived from about 400 to 1300 in north and central Utah and adjacent parts of Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada. The Fremont are thought to have come from hunter-gatherers who previously lived in this location and were influenced by the Ancestral Puebloans who introduced corn and pottery, making year-round settlements possible.
Climate
Fremont Indian State Park has a borderline semi-arid and humid continental climate (Köppen BSk/Dfb), characterized by cold winters, warm-to-hot summers, and high diurnal temperature variation throughout the year.
| Climate data for Fremont Indian State Park and Museum, Utah, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1988–present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 67 (19) |
80 (27) |
82 (28) |
89 (32) |
101 (38) |
103 (39) |
107 (42) |
103 (39) |
99 (37) |
89 (32) |
79 (26) |
69 (21) |
107 (42) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 58.2 (14.6) |
62.8 (17.1) |
71.5 (21.9) |
78.3 (25.7) |
86.8 (30.4) |
95.3 (35.2) |
99.1 (37.3) |
96.6 (35.9) |
91.4 (33.0) |
82.2 (27.9) |
70.2 (21.2) |
59.7 (15.4) |
99.6 (37.6) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 42.3 (5.7) |
46.3 (7.9) |
54.9 (12.7) |
61.0 (16.1) |
70.9 (21.6) |
82.7 (28.2) |
89.6 (32.0) |
87.5 (30.8) |
79.5 (26.4) |
66.3 (19.1) |
52.5 (11.4) |
41.8 (5.4) |
64.6 (18.1) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 27.3 (−2.6) |
31.3 (−0.4) |
38.6 (3.7) |
44.2 (6.8) |
53.1 (11.7) |
62.8 (17.1) |
70.3 (21.3) |
68.3 (20.2) |
59.6 (15.3) |
47.4 (8.6) |
35.9 (2.2) |
26.8 (−2.9) |
47.1 (8.4) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 12.4 (−10.9) |
16.2 (−8.8) |
22.3 (−5.4) |
27.4 (−2.6) |
35.2 (1.8) |
43.0 (6.1) |
51.0 (10.6) |
49.0 (9.4) |
39.6 (4.2) |
28.5 (−1.9) |
19.3 (−7.1) |
11.7 (−11.3) |
29.6 (−1.3) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −5.3 (−20.7) |
−0.6 (−18.1) |
8.4 (−13.1) |
16.1 (−8.8) |
23.5 (−4.7) |
30.8 (−0.7) |
41.1 (5.1) |
40.7 (4.8) |
27.6 (−2.4) |
15.9 (−8.9) |
2.3 (−16.5) |
−6.2 (−21.2) |
−10.0 (−23.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −18 (−28) |
−29 (−34) |
−6 (−21) |
6 (−14) |
15 (−9) |
20 (−7) |
34 (1) |
30 (−1) |
20 (−7) |
−1 (−18) |
−13 (−25) |
−32 (−36) |
−32 (−36) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.78 (20) |
0.97 (25) |
0.85 (22) |
1.14 (29) |
1.19 (30) |
0.63 (16) |
1.23 (31) |
1.30 (33) |
1.01 (26) |
1.21 (31) |
0.88 (22) |
0.89 (23) |
12.08 (307) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 11.5 (29) |
7.9 (20) |
5.2 (13) |
4.1 (10) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.0 (2.5) |
5.4 (14) |
9.4 (24) |
44.8 (114) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 67.5 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 19.7 |
| Source: NOAA[4][5] | |||||||||||||
References
- Utah.com. "Fremont Indian State Park Museum". Utah.com LC. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- "Utah State Park 2011 Visitation" (PDF). Utah State Parks Planning. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
- "Weekly Science Quiz: The Fremonts". July 16, 2011.
- "NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
- "Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
External links
Media related to Fremont Indian State Park and Museum at Wikimedia Commons
