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Mountains in Utah are numerous and have varying elevations and prominences. Kings Peak, in the
Uinta Mountains The Uinta Mountains ( ) are an east-west trending mountain range in northeastern Utah extending a short distance into northwest Colorado and slightly into southwestern Wyoming in the United States. As a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, they are u ...
in
Duchesne County, Utah Duchesne County ( ) is a county in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 19,596. Its county seat is Duchesne, and the largest city is Roosevelt. History Much of Duchesne County ...
, is the highest point in the state and has the greatest
prominence In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling ...
. It has elevation and
prominence In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling ...
. It also has
topographic isolation The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum geographical distance, horizontal distance to a point of equal elevation, representing a radius of dominance in which the peak is the highest point. It can be calculated for small hills and is ...
of , highest amongst summits of Utah having at least 500 meters of prominence. For lists of the top 50 peaks in Utah by elevation, prominence, and topographic isolation, see
List of mountain peaks of Utah This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All ...
. This "List of mountains in Utah" should include all of those (but does not yet) and more. To see locations of all mountains having coordinates in this article (primarily from just three counties in the state, so far) together in one map, click on "Map all coordinates using OSM" at the right side of this page. Partial lists of mountains in just a few of Utah's 29 counties are below.


Salt Lake County

Mountains in
Salt Lake County, Utah Salt Lake County is located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,185,238, making it the most populous county in Utah. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City, the List of capitals in th ...
include:


Utah County

Mountains in
Utah County, Utah Utah County is the second-most populous County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Utah. The county seat and largest city is Provo, Utah, Provo, which is the state's fourth-largest city, and the largest outside of Salt Lake County. As ...
include:


Emery County

Emery County, Utah Emery County is a County (United States), county in east-central Utah, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 9,825. Its county seat is Castle Dale, Utah, Castle Dale, and the largest city is Huntington, Utah, Hu ...
has 185 named peaks. Its 483 highest peaks, including many unnamed ones and many secondary ones (not necessarily deemed separate mountains), range in elevation from down to . The following table includes the 10 mountains having highest elevation and the 10 mountains having highest prominence (with Candland Mountain, Cedar Mountain, East Mountain, and Monument Peak being in both top 10s). And it includes selected other mountains in Emery County (including Factory Butte (Emery County, Utah)). These Emery County mountains are:


See also

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List of mountain peaks of Utah This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All ...
(top 50 peaks in Utah by elevation, by prominence, and by
topographic isolation The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum geographical distance, horizontal distance to a point of equal elevation, representing a radius of dominance in which the peak is the highest point. It can be calculated for small hills and is ...
) *
List of mountain ranges of Utah The named mountain ranges of Utah. Alphabetical * Abajo Mountains * Antelope Range (Iron County, Utah) * Antelope Range (Juab County, Utah) * Antelope Range (Sevier County, Utah) * Aquarius Plateau, (''* Boulder Mountain'') * Bear River M ...
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List of mountains in the United States This list includes significant summit (topography), mountain peaks located in the United States arranged alphabetically by U.S. state, state, District of Columbia, district, or Territories of the United States, territory. The highest peak in each ...


References

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Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
Mountains A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher ...
Buttes of Utah