{"id":8731,"date":"2013-06-28T03:45:02","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T09:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=8731"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:56:07","slug":"wandering-the-mount-nebo-scenic-byway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/06\/28\/wandering-the-mount-nebo-scenic-byway\/","title":{"rendered":"Wandering the Mount Nebo Scenic Byway"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LookingLooking southwest from the Mount Nebo Scenic Byway<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday I went wandering on the Mount Nebo Scenic Byway<\/span><\/a> and although it wasn’t “birdy”\u00a0 it was a beautiful drive and I enjoyed it immensely. The air was fresh, the sky was clear and the scenery was a delight.<\/p>\n

The 37 mile byway is located in the Uinta National Forest in Juab and Utah Counties which are south of Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

\"MountMount Nebo view in central Utah<\/span><\/p>\n

Mount Nebo’s northern peak reaches an elevation of 11,928 feet and at the summit of the scenic byway the elevation is 9,345 feet.<\/p>\n

The cooler air temperature at the high elevations felt wonderful after several days of high 90’s and low 100’s in the Salt Lake Valley. I was hoping to see some raptors or possibly some Black Bears but that wasn’t to be.<\/p>\n

\"LeastLeast Chipmunk on the Mount Nebo Scenic Byway<\/span><\/p>\n

But I did see some interesting mammals that included a baby Yellow-bellied Marmot and adult that scurried across some rocks at one of the lookouts, unfortunately I wasn’t able to get images of them before they dropped out of sight.<\/p>\n

I was able to create a series of images of the Least Chipmunk in the image above after descending from the summit of the byway.<\/p>\n

\"LeastLeast Chipmunk climbing down a rock along the Mount Nebo Scenic Byway<\/span><\/p>\n

Chipmunks have fascinated me since I saw my first one as a child, I love their big, dark eyes, their masked faces, the stripes on their backs, and the amazing energy they appear to have as they scurry hither and yon.<\/p>\n

So, I didn’t get any great bird images but it isn’t always about the photos for me, it is also about the journey into nature.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Least Chipmunk photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I went wandering on the Mount Nebo Scenic Byway and although it wasn’t “birdy” it was a beautiful drive and I enjoyed it immensely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[548,5922,2263,26,1592],"tags":[2266,519,4035,2264,343,2265,102,4032],"class_list":["post-8731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-juab-county","category-least-chipmunks","category-mount-nebo","category-utah","category-utah-county-utah","tag-mount-nebo-scenic-byway","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-tamias-minimus","tag-photography","tag-uinta-national-forest","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/least-chipmunk-mt-nebo-mia-mcpherson-0500.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-2gP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115281,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/08\/19\/weidemeyers-admiral-butterfly-in-the-uinta-mountains\/","url_meta":{"origin":8731,"position":0},"title":"Weidemeyer\u2019s Admiral Butterfly In The Uinta Mountains","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I was delighted to photograph this Weidemeyer's Admiral butterfly two days ago while I was with April Olson high in the stunning forests of the Uinta Mountains.","rel":"","context":"In "Summit County"","block_context":{"text":"Summit County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/summit-county-utah\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult Weidemeyer\u2019s Admiral in the high Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Weidemeyers-Admiral-Butterfly-high-uintas-mia-mcpherson-8268.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Weidemeyers-Admiral-Butterfly-high-uintas-mia-mcpherson-8268.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Weidemeyers-Admiral-Butterfly-high-uintas-mia-mcpherson-8268.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Weidemeyers-Admiral-Butterfly-high-uintas-mia-mcpherson-8268.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14047,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/02\/01\/d-o-t-s\/","url_meta":{"origin":8731,"position":1},"title":"D.O.T.S. – Dreaming Of The Sun","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday I mentioned that I had D.W.B. 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