Factory Butte in
Wayne County, Utah, is a summit in the
Upper Blue Hills in northern
Wayne County,
Utah
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, United States, about northwest of
Hanksville and about east of
Capitol Reef National Park 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
Factory Butte in Emery County, Utah, lies a mere to the west-northwest.
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 daily except Saturdays.
History
The modern ''Union-Bulletin'' can trace its origins to the ''Washingto ...
'' 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. The San Rafael Swell, measuring approximately , consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline of sandstone, shale, and limesto ...
and harbors pockets of protected
cacti
A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek ...
".
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. Headquartered in Washington DC, and with oversight over , it governs one eighth of the country's la ...
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.
See also
*
List of mountains in Utah
References
External links
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Mountains of Wayne County, Utah
Buttes of Utah
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