Long Valley (Utah)

Long Valley
Glendale, Utah at south Long Valley
Dimensions
Length	13 mi (21 km) SSW x NNE
Geography
Long Valley Location of Long Valley in Utah Note: from the location DOT, the Sevier River flows north, and (east of Long Valley)-Kanab Creek flows south
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Kane
Communities	Glendale and (Long Valley Junction)
Range coordinates	37°22′44″N 112°34′24″W / 37.37889°N 112.57333°W / 37.37889; -112.57333Coordinates: 37°22′44″N 112°34′24″W / 37.37889°N 112.57333°W / 37.37889; -112.57333
Borders on	Kolob Terrace-W Pink Cliffs-NW, (and E) Markagunt Plateau-NNW Long Valley Junction, UT & (source)-Sevier River-N (Paunsaugunt Plateau-E & NE) (Alton, UT & Alton Amphitheater & Kanab Creek-E) Black Mountain (Long Valley)-E Glendale Bench & White Cliffs-S (& SSE)

The Long Valley of Utah is a 13-mile (21 km) long valley located in western Kane County. The valley is located in source water regions of waters flowing north, south, and southwest, in the west of the High Plateaus section of the Colorado Plateau; the High Plateaus section also extends into northern Arizona, the region north of the Grand Canyon.

Long Valley is on the east border of Kolob Terrace; the forested Markagunt and Paunsaugunt Plateaus border northwest, and northeast. East is a mountain region water divide, and the south-flowing Kanab Creek in its narrow river valley, (a north tributary to the Colorado River). The northern half of Long Valley and the two plateaus lie in the Dixie National Forest.

Glendale, Utah is located at the south end of the valley, on the East Fork Virgin River. U.S. Route 89 follows the East Fork river valley through the south half of Long Valley; the East Fork strikes east, (Stout Canyon, and feeder canyons and streams lie in the valley's northwest), and U.S. 89 exits the valley north-northeast at Long Valley Junction on the water divide-(Great Basin Divide), at the source waters of the north-flowing Sevier River.

The East Fork Virgin River flows due-south, from near the valley center, then just south of Glendale, the river starts its southwesterly course. The sourcewaters are in the valley's northeast terminus region in the Long Valley Junction area.

Long Valley is mostly a rivercourse valley of the East Fork Virgin River. The north contains a parallel valley in the northwest, which collects 3-mi long streams flowing southeasterly off the water divide at the south-southeast of the Markagunt Plateau; the other side of the divide contains northeast-flowing Swains Creek.