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Buckskin Mountains (Arizona-Utah)
Buckskin Mountain is a mountain ridge that spans from Coconino County, Arizona to Kane County, Utah in the United States,Utah DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, 7th Edition, c. 2010Arizona Road & Recreation Atlas, Benchmark Maps, 2nd Edition, c. 1998 that is divided almost equally between the two counties. Description The ridge lies at the north end of the Kaibab Plateau, of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon; the Kanab and Paria plateaus of Arizona, lie southwest, and southeast. Buckskin Mountain borders the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, southeast. The north portion of the ridge in Utah was located in the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, but was in one of the sections that was later removed from the monument. The northeast ridge terminus is Buckskin Gulch. To the ridge's east, across the narrow Coyote Valley, of the north-flowing Coyote Wash, lies the Coyote Buttes of Arizona. The ridge trends approximately north-northeast, and descends steeply on its southeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaibab Plateau
The Kaibab Plateau is a plateau almost entirely in Coconino County, Arizona (but extending slightly north into Kane County, Utah) in the Southwestern United States. The high plain is also known as the Buckskin Mountain, Buckskin Plateau, and Kaibab Mountain. Description The plateau, part of the larger Colorado Plateau, is bordered on the south by the Grand Canyon and reaches an elevation of . The plateau is divided between Kaibab National Forest and the "North Rim" portion of Grand Canyon National Park. Tributary canyons of the Colorado River form the plateau's eastern and western boundaries, and tiers of uplifted cliffs define the northern edges of the landform. Winter snowfall is often heavy (sometimes exceeding ), and this creates opportunities for backcountry Nordic skiing and snow camping. This broad feature is heavily forested with aspen, spruce- fir, ponderosa pine, and pinyon-juniper woodland, and stands in sharp contrast to the arid lowlands encircling it. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
