Hideout, Utah
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Hideout Town Hall
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 Location in Wasatch County and the state of Utah |
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| Coordinates: 40°38′51″N 111°24′02″W / 40.64750°N 111.40056°WCoordinates: 40°38′51″N 111°24′02″W / 40.64750°N 111.40056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Wasatch |
| Incorporated | July 22, 2008 |
| Founded by | Richard Sprung |
| Named for | Hideout Canyon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Robert Martino |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.9 sq mi (10 km2) |
| • Land | 3.3 sq mi (9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.6 sq mi (2 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,588 ft (2,008 m) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 678 |
| • Density | 170/sq mi (67/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 84036 |
| Area code(s) | 435 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2547784 |
Hideout is a town in the northwestern corner of Wasatch County, Utah, United States, in the northern part of the state. Lying just to the north and east of Jordanelle Reservoir along Utah State Route 248, the town was incorporated in 2008 under a controversial, short-lived state law. The population was 656 at the 2010 census.
Hideout lies about 6 miles (9.7 km) east-southeast of Park City, in an area of the Wasatch Mountains known for its ski resorts and other upscale recreation. The Hideout town boundaries extend from the Todd Hollow Apartments, at the northernmost point of Jordanelle Reservoir, south and east along Utah State Route 248, running past the submerged ruins of the ghost town of Keetley. The town encompasses the luxury planned community of Hideout Canyon, still under development. It stops just at the Summit County line, some 4 miles (6.4 km) west-southwest of Kamas.
This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to Weather.com, Hideout experiences an average daytime high temperature of 87 degrees in July. The highest recorded temperature was 101°F in 2002. December is the average coolest month. The lowest recorded temperature was -31°F in 1990. October is the average wettest month, with 1.76 inches of precipitation.
In 2005, Mustang Development, LLC and Wasatch County entered into a development agreement to develop Hideout Canyon. In 2007, local property owners supported the Utah State Legislature as they passed H.B. 466. This bill, backed by the Utah League of Cities and Towns and passed unanimously by the Legislature, amended the state law on petitions to incorporate a town. The new provisions allowed a petition for a new town with 100–999 residents to be filed with just the signatures of the owners of a majority of the land area, even a single majority landowner. There was no requirement to ask the residents' consent. If the petition met the conditions of state law and its signers owned the majority of the land by value, the new law required the county government to grant the petition and appoint a mayor and town council from a list of individuals approved by the petitioners. In July 2007 Ruby's Inn, in Garfield County, became the first to take advantage of the new law, incorporating as Bryce Canyon City. A petition to incorporate Hideout was filed in November 2007 by Richard Sprung, a real estate agent for Hideout Canyon. By then two other such petitions were pending in Wasatch County: Aspen (ultimately unsuccessful) and Independence.
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