Black Mountains (Utah)
| Black Mountains (Utah) | |
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mahogany Knoll ((northeastern east-west ridgeline)-Black Mountains) |
| Elevation | 7,976 ft (2,431 m) |
| Coordinates | 37°18′14″N 113°33′15″W / 37.30389°N 113.55417°W |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 30 mi (48 km) (30 x 28 mi, ridgeline west, two ridgelines to southwest-w/Long Hollow) |
| Width | 28 mi (45 km) E-W |
| Geography | |
 Black Mountains (Utah)
location of Chipman Peak –
Black Mountains (Utah) |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| Counties | Iron and Beaver |
| Communities | |
| Range coordinates | 38°05′21″N 112°50′04″W / 38.08914°N 112.83439°WCoordinates: 38°05′21″N 112°50′04″W / 38.08914°N 112.83439°W |
| Borders on |
Escalante Desert-SW, W & NW Mineral Mountains-N Minersville Reservoir-(center)-NE Beaver, Utah-NE (Tushar Mountains-NE) Parowan Valley & Hurricane Cliffs-SE Hurricane Cliffs & Markagunt Plateau-SSE Hurricane Cliffs & Cedar Mountains-S Cedar Valley-SW |
The Black Mountains of Utah, USA is a 30-mile (48 km) long mountain range in the northeast of Iron County. The north ridgeline of the range forms the southeast border of Beaver County.
The range borders the northeast portion of the Escalante Desert, and the range's southeast flank trends with the Hurricane Cliffs and Parowan Valley. In the south section, of a southwest trending ridgeline, is the Parowan Gap Petroglyphs Site. At the terminus of the ridgeline, the pass at the Summit, Utah region, there is the site of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail as it crossed into the northeast of Cedar Valley, the site of Cedar City.
Interstate 15 in Utah traverses the southeast region of the range from Cedar City, to Greenville-Beaver.
The Black Mountains have a complex shape. It has an east-west ridgeline at the north perimeter with the Beaver River in the west, and Minersville Reservoir in the center; the northeast foothills border the region of Beaver-Greenville, Utah.
The highpoint of the range, Mahogany Knoll, is in the northeast on the ridgeline, the line between Iron and Beaver Counties.
From the northeast range terminus, a ridgeline extends southwest to Cedar Valley, and borders the northwest of Parowan Valley. The valley is narrow, separated from the northeast-section of the Hurricane Cliffs, and at the southwest terminus of the valley, is the location of Summit, (at the summit region). The Old Spanish National Historic Trail followed the summit, (only 1 mile [1.6 km] between Black Mountains and Hurricane Cliffs), and crossed west across the north region of Cedar Valley, at the south terminus of the Black Mountains ridgeline, near Enoch. About 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Enoch, and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Parowan, the mountain ridgeline contains the Parowan Gap Petroglyphs site.
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