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List of mountain ranges of Utah
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Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
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Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
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- Abajo MountainsAbajo MountainsThe Abajo Mountains, also called the Blue Mountains, is a small mountain range west of Monticello, Utah, south of Canyonlands National Park and north of Blanding, Utah. The mountain range is located within the Manti-La Sal National Forest...
- Antelope Range (Utah)
- Bear River MountainsBear River MountainsThe Bear River Mountains are located in northeastern Utah and southeastern Idaho. One of the mountains' sinks recorded the lowest temperature in Utah on February 1, 1985, at , which is also the second-lowest temperature ever recorded in the contiguous United States. U.S...
, (Bear River Range) - Beaver Dam Mountains
- Beaver Lake Mountains
- Black Mountains (Utah)
- Bull Valley MountainsBull Valley MountainsThe Bull Valley Mountains are a 30-mi long, mountain range in southwest Utah, located in northwest Washington County. The range is adjacent the Utah border and attached to the Clover Mountains of southeast Nevada...
- Burbank HillsBurbank HillsThe Burbank Hills is a small northwest-southeast mountain range in western Utah that lies entirely within Hamlin-Snake Watershed between the Snake Range and, to the northeast and east, the Ferguson Desert. It is bounded by Snake Valley to the north, west, and south; and trends into the Tunnel...
- Canyon Mountains
- Cedar Mountains (Iron County)
- Cedar Mountains (Toole County)
- Confusion RangeConfusion RangeThe Confusion Range is a north-south trending mountain range in west-central Utah. It is bounded by Snake Valley to the west, Tule Valley to the east, the Great Salt Lake Desert to the north, and the Ferguson Desert to the south. The range trends into the Burbank Hills, Mountain Home Range, and...
- Crawford Mountains
- Cricket Mountains
- Deep Creek MountainsDeep Creek MountainsThe Deep Creek Mountains, officially the Deep Creek Range, are a mountain range in the Great Basin located in extreme western Tooele County and Juab County, Utah, in the western United States....
- Drum Mountains
- Dugway Range
- East Tintac Mountains
- Escalante Mountains
- Fish Springs Range
- Gilson Mountains
- Goose Creek MountainsGoose Creek MountainsThe Goose Creek Mountains are a mountain range in Box Elder County, Utah. It is also partly in Elko County, Nevada....
- Grassy Mountains
- Grouse Creek Mountains
- Hansel Mountains
- Harmony Mountains
- Henry MountainsHenry MountainsThe Henry Mountains are located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Utah and run in a generally north-south direction, extending over a distance of about 30 miles . They were named by John Wesley Powell in honour of Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The...
- Hogup Mountains
- House RangeHouse RangeThe House Range is a north-south trending mountain range in west-central Utah. It is famous for Notch Peak, one of the tallest limestone cliffs in the world, and a fossil Lagerstätte of Cambrian age, which has an array of Burgess Shale type fauna, including Elrathia kingii, a trilobite that is...
- Indian Peak Range
- La Sal Mountains
- Lake Mountains
- Lakeside Mountains
- Mahogany MountainsMahogany MountainsThe Mahogany Mountains is a mountain range in Lincoln County, Nevada bordering Iron County, Utah....
, (Nevada Border) - Malad Range
- Mineral Mountains
- Monte Cristo Range (Utah)
- Mountain Home RangeMountain Home RangeThe Mountain Home Range is a north-south trending mountain range in western Beaver County in southwest Utah, United States. It is part of the Basin and Range Province. It is bound by Hamlin Valley to the west, Snake Valley to the north, Pine Valley to the east, and trends into the Indian Peak...
- Needle Mountains (Nevada-Utah)
- Newfoundland Mountains
- Onaqui Mountains
- Oquirrh MountainsOquirrh MountainsThe Oquirrh Mountains is a mountain range that run north-south for approximately 30 miles to form the west side of Utah's Salt Lake Valley, separating it from Tooele Valley. The range begins in northwest Utah County and stops at the south shore of the Great Salt Lake. The highest elevation is...
- Pavant RangePavant RangeThe Pavant Range is a mountain range in central Utah east of Fillmore. The range is named for the Pahvant tribe, a branch of the Ute Indians. The tallest peak is Mine Camp Peak at . Most of the land in the Pavant range is part of Fishlake National Forest.-Transportation:The mountain range is...
- Pilot RangePilot RangeThe Pilot Range is a mountain range located in Box Elder County, Utah and Elko County, Nevada, in the Great Basin region, near the northwest side of The Great Salt Lake....
- Promontory MountainsPromontory MountainsThe Promontory Mountains are a range in Box Elder County, Utah. The range is oriented north-south and has a length of about . The southern portion forms a cape extending south into the Great Salt Lake...
- Raft River MountainsRaft River MountainsThe Raft River Mountains are a mountain range in northern Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The ghost town of Yost is on the north central slopes. Tributaries of the Raft River drain the northern slopes of the range.-Geography:...
- Red Mountains
- San Francisco Mountains (Utah)
- San Pitch Mountains
- Sheeprock Mountains
- Silver Island Range, UtahSilver Island Range, UtahThe Silver Island Range is a mountain range in Utah, in the northwest corner of Tooele County and the southwest corner of Box Elder County, about northeast of Wendover.- Geography :...
- Simpson Mountains
- Stansbury Mountains
- Star Range (Utah)
- Swasey Mountains
- Traverse RidgeTraverse RidgeThe Traverse Mountains, or sometimes Traverse Range, are an anomalous, geologically complex, east-trending range that separates Salt Lake Valley and Utah Valley in the U.S. State of Utah. The Traverse Mountains mark the boundary between the Salt Lake and Provo segments of the Wasatch Fault, and...
- Thomas RangeThomas RangeThe Thomas Range is a mountain range of Utah east of the Thomas caldera....
- Tunnel Springs Mountains
- Tushar MountainsTushar MountainsThe Tushar Mountains are the third highest mountain range in Utah after the Uinta Mountains and the La Sal Range. Located in the Fishlake National Forest, Delano Peak, 12,174 ft NAVD 88, is the highest point in both Beaver and Piute counties and has a prominence of 4,689 ft...
- Uinta MountainsUinta MountainsThe Uinta Mountains are a high chain of mountains in northeastern Utah and extreme northwestern Colorado in the United States. A subrange of the Rocky Mountains, they are unusual for being the highest range in the contiguous United States running east to west, and lie approximately east of Salt...
- Valley Mountains
- Wah Wah MountainsWah Wah MountainsThe Wah Wah Mountains are a north-south trending range in west-central Utah, part of the larger Basin and Range Province. It is bound by Pine Valley to the west, Wah Wah Valley to the east, the Escalante Desert to the south, and on trend with the Confusion Range to the north. The Wah Wah...
- Wasatch RangeWasatch RangeThe Wasatch Range is a mountain range that stretches approximately from the Utah-Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States. It is generally considered the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region...
- Wellsville MountainsWellsville MountainsThe Wellsville Mountains are located in northern Utah and are often considered part of the Wasatch Mountains. The mountains separate the Cache Valley from the Wasatch Front. Nearly all of the water collected by the Wellsville Mountains drains into the Bear River.While only moderately tall, they are...
- West Hills (Box Elder County)
- West Hills (Juab County)
By county
The listing, with county designations.- Abajo MountainsAbajo MountainsThe Abajo Mountains, also called the Blue Mountains, is a small mountain range west of Monticello, Utah, south of Canyonlands National Park and north of Blanding, Utah. The mountain range is located within the Manti-La Sal National Forest...
, San Juan - Antelope Range (Utah), Iron
- Bear River MountainsBear River MountainsThe Bear River Mountains are located in northeastern Utah and southeastern Idaho. One of the mountains' sinks recorded the lowest temperature in Utah on February 1, 1985, at , which is also the second-lowest temperature ever recorded in the contiguous United States. U.S...
, Cache-Weber-(Franklin, Co., ID) - Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington
- Black Mountains (Utah), Iron-Beaver
- Bull Valley MountainsBull Valley MountainsThe Bull Valley Mountains are a 30-mi long, mountain range in southwest Utah, located in northwest Washington County. The range is adjacent the Utah border and attached to the Clover Mountains of southeast Nevada...
, Washington - Burbank HillsBurbank HillsThe Burbank Hills is a small northwest-southeast mountain range in western Utah that lies entirely within Hamlin-Snake Watershed between the Snake Range and, to the northeast and east, the Ferguson Desert. It is bounded by Snake Valley to the north, west, and south; and trends into the Tunnel...
, Millard - Canyon Mountains, Millard-Juab
- Cedar Mountains (Iron County), Iron
- Cedar Mountains (Toole County), Toole
- Confusion RangeConfusion RangeThe Confusion Range is a north-south trending mountain range in west-central Utah. It is bounded by Snake Valley to the west, Tule Valley to the east, the Great Salt Lake Desert to the north, and the Ferguson Desert to the south. The range trends into the Burbank Hills, Mountain Home Range, and...
, Millard-(Juab) - Crawford Mountains, Rich-(Lincoln Co., WY)
- Cricket Mountains, Millard
- Deep Creek MountainsDeep Creek MountainsThe Deep Creek Mountains, officially the Deep Creek Range, are a mountain range in the Great Basin located in extreme western Tooele County and Juab County, Utah, in the western United States....
, Juab-Toole - Disappointment Hills, (north Confusion Range)
- Drum Mountains, Millard-Juab
- Dugway Range, Toole-Juab
- East Tintac Mountains, Utah-Toole
- Escalante Mountains, Garfield
- Fish Springs Range, Juab
- Gilson Mountains, Juab
- Goose Creek MountainsGoose Creek MountainsThe Goose Creek Mountains are a mountain range in Box Elder County, Utah. It is also partly in Elko County, Nevada....
, Box Elder - Grassy Mountains, Toole
- Grouse Creek Mountains, Box Elder
- Hansel Mountains, Box Elder
- Harmony Mountains, Iron-Washington
- Henry MountainsHenry MountainsThe Henry Mountains are located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Utah and run in a generally north-south direction, extending over a distance of about 30 miles . They were named by John Wesley Powell in honour of Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The...
, Garfield-Wayne - Hogup Mountains, Box Elder
- House RangeHouse RangeThe House Range is a north-south trending mountain range in west-central Utah. It is famous for Notch Peak, one of the tallest limestone cliffs in the world, and a fossil Lagerstätte of Cambrian age, which has an array of Burgess Shale type fauna, including Elrathia kingii, a trilobite that is...
, Millard-Juab - Indian Peak Range, Beaver-Iron
- La Sal Mountains, Grand-San Juan
- Lake Mountains, Utah
- Lakeside Mountains, Toole-Box Elder
- Mahogany MountainsMahogany MountainsThe Mahogany Mountains is a mountain range in Lincoln County, Nevada bordering Iron County, Utah....
, Iron-(Lincoln County, NV) - Malad Range, (Oneida Co., ID)-Cache-Box Elder
- Mineral Mountains, Beaver
- Monte Cristo Range (Utah), Cache-Rich
- Mountain Home RangeMountain Home RangeThe Mountain Home Range is a north-south trending mountain range in western Beaver County in southwest Utah, United States. It is part of the Basin and Range Province. It is bound by Hamlin Valley to the west, Snake Valley to the north, Pine Valley to the east, and trends into the Indian Peak...
, Beaver-Millard
- Needle Mountains (Nevada-Utah), Iron-(Lincoln County, NV)
- Newfoundland Mountains, Box Elder
- Onaqui Mountains, Toole
- Oquirrh MountainsOquirrh MountainsThe Oquirrh Mountains is a mountain range that run north-south for approximately 30 miles to form the west side of Utah's Salt Lake Valley, separating it from Tooele Valley. The range begins in northwest Utah County and stops at the south shore of the Great Salt Lake. The highest elevation is...
, Utah-Salt Lake - Pavant RangePavant RangeThe Pavant Range is a mountain range in central Utah east of Fillmore. The range is named for the Pahvant tribe, a branch of the Ute Indians. The tallest peak is Mine Camp Peak at . Most of the land in the Pavant range is part of Fishlake National Forest.-Transportation:The mountain range is...
, Millard-Sevier - Pilot RangePilot RangeThe Pilot Range is a mountain range located in Box Elder County, Utah and Elko County, Nevada, in the Great Basin region, near the northwest side of The Great Salt Lake....
, Box Elder-(Elko County, NV) - Promontory MountainsPromontory MountainsThe Promontory Mountains are a range in Box Elder County, Utah. The range is oriented north-south and has a length of about . The southern portion forms a cape extending south into the Great Salt Lake...
, Box Elder - Raft River MountainsRaft River MountainsThe Raft River Mountains are a mountain range in northern Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The ghost town of Yost is on the north central slopes. Tributaries of the Raft River drain the northern slopes of the range.-Geography:...
, Box Elder - Red Mountains, Washington
- San Francisco Mountains (Utah), Beaver-Millard
- San Pitch Mountains, Juab-Sanpete
- (San Rafael SwellSan Rafael SwellThe San Rafael Swell is a large geologic feature located in south-central Utah, USA about 30 miles west of Green River, Utah. The San Rafael Swell, approximately by , consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline of sandstone, shale, and limestone that was pushed up during the Paleocene Laramide...
), Emery - Sheeprock Mountains, Toole-Juab
- Silver Island Range, UtahSilver Island Range, UtahThe Silver Island Range is a mountain range in Utah, in the northwest corner of Tooele County and the southwest corner of Box Elder County, about northeast of Wendover.- Geography :...
, Box Elder - Simpson Mountains, Toole-Juab
- Stansbury Mountains, Toole
- Star Range (Utah), Beaver
- Swasey Mountains, Millard
- Thomas RangeThomas RangeThe Thomas Range is a mountain range of Utah east of the Thomas caldera....
, Juab - Tunnel Springs Mountains, Millard
- Tushar MountainsTushar MountainsThe Tushar Mountains are the third highest mountain range in Utah after the Uinta Mountains and the La Sal Range. Located in the Fishlake National Forest, Delano Peak, 12,174 ft NAVD 88, is the highest point in both Beaver and Piute counties and has a prominence of 4,689 ft...
, Beaver-Piute-Sevier - Uinta MountainsUinta MountainsThe Uinta Mountains are a high chain of mountains in northeastern Utah and extreme northwestern Colorado in the United States. A subrange of the Rocky Mountains, they are unusual for being the highest range in the contiguous United States running east to west, and lie approximately east of Salt...
, (west to east), Wasatch-Summit-Duchesne-(Uinta Co., WY)-Daggett-Uintah-(Moffat Co., CO) - Valley Mountains, Sanpete-Sevier-Millard-Juab
- Wah Wah MountainsWah Wah MountainsThe Wah Wah Mountains are a north-south trending range in west-central Utah, part of the larger Basin and Range Province. It is bound by Pine Valley to the west, Wah Wah Valley to the east, the Escalante Desert to the south, and on trend with the Confusion Range to the north. The Wah Wah...
, Beaver-Millard-Iron - Wasatch RangeWasatch RangeThe Wasatch Range is a mountain range that stretches approximately from the Utah-Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States. It is generally considered the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region...
: (north to south), Weber-Morgan-Davis-Salt Lake-Summit-Wasatch-Utah-Juab - Wellsville MountainsWellsville MountainsThe Wellsville Mountains are located in northern Utah and are often considered part of the Wasatch Mountains. The mountains separate the Cache Valley from the Wasatch Front. Nearly all of the water collected by the Wellsville Mountains drains into the Bear River.While only moderately tall, they are...
, Box Elder-Cache - West Hills (Box Elder), Box Elder-(Samaria Mountains, Idaho-(north))
- West Hills (Juab County), Juab
- East Tintac Mountains, Juab-Toole
See also
- List of plateaus and mesas of Utah
- List of rivers of Utah
- List of valleys of Utah