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The highway begins at the intersection of Main Street and Center Street in Kamas and heads east on the latter as a two-lane undivided highway. Once exiting Kamas, the route dips southeast and continues as such until reaching Samak, where the road turns northeast briefly. Soon after, the highway turns south and southeast again.
The Kamas Ranger District was merged with the Uinta National Forest's Heber Ranger District in Heber City. With the newly included Uinta National Forest, the forest will expand to 2,487,896 acres (10,068.16 km 2). [2] The Cache National Forest portion is located in northern Utah and southern Idaho.
The Mirror Lake Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The route runs west along Forest Highway 1110. The route runs west along Forest Highway 1110. It turns onto Highway 14 , which winds east past an intersection with Highway 87 to Allison near the White River .
The Mirror Lake Highway, a scenic byway that connects Kamas, Utah with Evanston, Wyoming, winds through the heart of Samak.Every summer in mid-June, the highway is used as a route for the mountain stage of the annual High Uintas Classic, a two-day bicycle race that takes participants from Kamas to Evanston.
Access to the mountain is via the Mirror Lake Highway. The mountain was first named "Reeds Peak" in 1875, and the present spelling of the toponym was officially adopted in 1932 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. [3] The peak is named after an early explorer of this region. [4]
The lake contains three species of trout: rainbow, brook, and tiger. The lake has a Forest Service campground, picnic facilities, and a boat ramp for non-motorized watercraft. Access to the lake is by the Mirror Lake Highway, which is only open during the summer (other than by snowmobile). Mirror Lake with Bald Mountain in the background
There is a SNOTEL weather station near Brown Duck Lake, in the southeast of the High Uintas Wilderness. Brown Duck has a subalpine climate ( Köppen Dfc ). Climate data for Brown Duck, Utah, 1991–2020 normals, 1986-2020 extremes: 10600ft (3231m)
Kamas (/ ˈ k æ m ə s / KAM-əs) is a city in southwestern Summit County, Utah, United States.The population was 1,811 at the 2010 census.It is 42 miles (68 km) east of downtown Salt Lake City. [4]