Factory Butte in
Wayne County, Utah
Wayne County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 2,486, making it the fourth-least populous county in Utah. Its county seat is Loa, Utah, Loa.
History
Due to i ...
, is a summit in the
Upper Blue Hills in northern
Wayne County,
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 ...
, United States, about northwest of
Hanksville and about east of
Capitol Reef National Park
Capitol Reef National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States in south-central Utah. The park is approximately long on its northsouth axis and just wide on average. The park was established in ...
boundary.
The butte was so named by early settlers who thought its outline resembled a huge factory building, the Provo woolen mill in particular.
Description
The ''
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
The ''Walla Walla Union-Bulletin'' (U-B) is a newspaper based in Walla Walla, Washington and owned by the Seattle Times Company. It publishes on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
History
The modern ''Union-Bulletin'' can trace its origins to ...
'' described it as a "Monolith that towers over the
San Rafael Desert
The San Rafael Swell is a large geologic feature located in south-central Utah, United States about west of Green River. Measuring approximately , the swell consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline of sandstone, shale, and limestone that wa ...
and harbors pockets of protected
cacti
A cactus (: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (), a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, ...
".
The
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands, U.S. federal lands. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the BLM oversees more than of land, or one ...
controls the area, and they describe it by saying it is a popular recreation site for motor vehicles. It is also a place to view wildflowers, and tourists also stop at Factory Butte to photograph blooming cacti and
desert flowers
A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one-third of the la ...
.
, lies to the west-northwest.
See also
*
List of mountains in Utah
Mountains in Utah are numerous and have varying elevations and prominences.
Kings Peak (Utah), Kings Peak, in the Uinta Mountains in Duchesne County, Utah, is the highest point in the state and has the greatest prominence. It has elevation an ...
References
External links
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Mountains of Wayne County, Utah
Buttes of Utah
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