Cedar Valley (Iron County, Utah)
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 Cedar Valley and Cedar City, November 2010
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Utah |
| Regions | (southeast)-Great Basin (southeast)-Escalante Desert |
| County | Iron |
| Borders on | (Antelope Range (Utah)-W) Iron Springs, Utah and hills-W Escalante Desert-WNW & NW Black Mountains (Utah)-N & NE Cedar Mountains (Iron) County)-E & SE |
| Communities | Cedar City, Enoch, Halivah, Hamilton Fort, Kanarraville, Stevensville (site), Fort Johnson (site) |
| Dry Lakes | Rush Lake, Quichapa Lake |
| Coordinates | 37°39′30″N 113°06′46″W / 37.65833°N 113.11278°WCoordinates: 37°39′30″N 113°06′46″W / 37.65833°N 113.11278°W |
| Length | 25 mi (40 km), SW x NE |
 Cedar Valley within the State of Utah
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The Cedar Valley of Iron County, Utah, United States is a 25-mile (40 km) long valley located in the southeast of the county, against the Hurricane Cliffs which border the Cedar Mountains and the Markagunt Plateau.
Cedar Valley borders the southeast of the Escalante Desert, at its north and northwest. Cedar City, Utah lies in the valley's center and east, at the foothills of the Hurricane Cliffs.
Cedar Valley is northeast trending. It narrows in the southwest, between mountain ranges; in this southwest section, the Harmony Mountains are west, and the Hurricane Cliffs are east, bordering the Kolob Terrace.
The valley is mostly about 6-to-8-mile (9.7 to 12.9 km) wide, between mountains, or ranges, or the Hurricane Cliffs, to the east, which is a 75-mi long landform, from Hurricane, Utah at its southwest end.
The valley's north and northwest terminus merges into the Mud Spring Wash–Rush Lake region at the southwest of the Black Mountains (Utah), (and the southeast perimeter of the Escalante Desert); a ridgeline extending southwest from the Black Mountains parallels the Hurricane Cliffs, and its terminus is at the north end of Cedar Valley (and Rush Lake). Between the ridgeline, and Hurricane Cliffs, east, Interstate 15 traverses, (only about 1-mi wide, adjacent the site of Summit). It is also the route of the former Old Spanish National Historic Trail. The Historic Trail traverses the Cedar Valley from Enoch in the northeast, across the center-north to exit through the hills northwest, and through the townsite of Iron Springs, between the hills, and on the southeast edge of the Escalante Desert.
Quichapa Lake (dry lake) is located in the center-south of the valley, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Hamilton Fort, and fed by washes and creeks, from both the northwest and southwest, and from the southeast, (Hurricane Cliffs and Cedar Mountains).
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