The Beaver Dam Mountains are a long mountain range located mostly in extreme southwest Washington County, Utah, west of

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, with the south of the range extending into the Arizona Strip. The range contains the

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which straddles the state's borders. The south of the range can be impressively seen from Interstate 15, as it traverses the corridor into Utah through the Virgin River Gorge, as the Virgin River exits the west of the

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Description

The range contains two sections. The northern massif is anchored by the highpoint (photo), of the West Mountain Peak (Washington County), .''Utah Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 9th ed., 2014, pp. 56–57 The eastern flank of the north massif contains

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in the center of a section of the

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, the Shivwits Band of Utah. Utah highway 91 traverses the northwest–southeast sections through

Utah Hill Summit Utah Hill Summit is a summit and a gap in the Beaver Dam Mountains in Washington County, Utah. It lies at an elevation of 4,731 / 1,442 meters. History The route of the Old Spanish Trail and the Mormon Road passed over "Utah Hill". Today it i ...

. The center of the range is adjacent to the Highway 91

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, and Tahoari (peak), .Utah Peaks, Tahoari
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'', a rare plant of the family Crassulaceae, can be found. Azurite-117493

Access

The center of the range at about , (Utah Hill Summit), can be easily accessed from the west-southwest by Highway 91, from Littlefield, Arizona. The east and southeast of the range can be accessed by routes from St. George and Interstate 15.

References

External links

Range highpoint: West Mountain Peak, peakbagger.com (coordinates)

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