The Three Patriarchs (formerly known as the Three Wise Men) is a set of three

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...

monolith A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive rock (geology), stone or rock, such as some mountains. For instance, Savandurga, Savandurga mountain is a monolith mountain in India. Erosion usually exposes the geological for ...

s on the west side of

Zion Canyon Zion Canyon (also called Little Zion, Mukuntuweap, Mu-Loon'-Tu-Weap, and Straight Cañon; ''weap'' is Paiute for canyon) is a deep and narrow gorge in southwestern Utah, United States, carved by the North Fork of the Virgin River. Nearly the entir ...

Zion National Park Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety ...

in Washington County,

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

, United States. The three main peaks were named by Frederick Fisher in 1916 for the biblical figures

Abraham Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jew ...

Isaac Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...

and

Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...

. The

Court of the Patriarchs The Court of the Patriarchs is a sandstone cliff on the south face of the Three Patriarchs in Zion Canyon in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, Washington County, Utah, United States. Climate Spring and fall are the most favorable s ...

is the cliff that runs along the south face of the Three Partiarchs.

Climate

Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit th Three Patriarchs. According to the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

system, it is located in a

cold semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-ar ...

zone, which is defined by the coldest month having an average mean temperature below 32 °F (0 °C), and at least 50% of the total annual precipitation being received during the spring and summer. This desert climate receives less than of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.

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File:Zion View from Bridge Mountain.jpg,

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peaks from Bridge Mountain, November 2013 File:Three Patriarchs January 2011.jpg, Three Patriarchs in winter. The Sentinel,

Abraham Peak Abraham Peak is a tall rock formation in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. Access to Abraham Peak is from the main Park road through Sand Beach Trail. Abraham Peak is the tallest of the three peaks that make the Thr ...

and

Isaac Peak Isaac Peak is a rock formation in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. Access to Isaac Peak is from the main Park road through Sand Beach Trail. Isaac Peak is part of the Three Patriarchs in between Abraham Peak and Ja ...

Mount Moroni Mount Moroni is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located at the Court of the Patriarchs in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Description Mount Moroni is located immediately southwest of Zion Lodge, ...

, January 2011 File:Three Patriarchs, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah (1026077696).jpg,

, August 2007 File:Court of the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Moroni.jpg, Three Patriarchs:

Jacob Peak Jacob Peak is a rock formation in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. Jacob Peak is part of the Three Patriarchs, along with (and located to the north of) Abraham Peak and Isaac Peak. Name Zion National Park was firs ...

, and

, May 2015 File:Court of the Patriarchs from Above.jpg, Sunrise from

Deertrap Mountain Deertrap Mountain is a mountain in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. Description Deertrap Mountain is composed of white Navajo Sandstone and set on the east rim of Zion Canyon. It is situated one mile southeast of ...

. Three Patriarchs centered down below.

Mountain of the Sun Mountain of the Sun is a elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Mountain of the Sun is situated immediately east of Court of the Patriarchs, and south of Zion Lodg ...

foreground left, November 2016 File:Abraham Peak (6757020335).jpg, The morning light begins the thaw on Abraham Peak, the tallest of three peaks together known as Court of the Patriarchs, January 2012 File:Navajo Sandstone cliffs (Lower Jurassic), Pine Creek Canyon, Zion National Park, sw Utah 5.jpg,

, south aspect, June 2007

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Landforms of Washington County, Utah Landmarks in Utah Mountains of Utah Zion National Park {{Utah-geo-stub

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