Timber Top Mountain is an mountain summit located in the

Kolob Canyons 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 ...

section of

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. Its nearest higher neighbor is

Horse Ranch Mountain Horse Ranch Mountain is an mountain in the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park in northeastern Washington County, Utah, United States, that is the highest summit within the national park. It rises above Camp Creek to the north and Taylo ...

, to the north-northeast,

Nagunt Mesa Nagunt Mesa is a mountain summit located in the Kolob Canyons area of Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. Description Its nearest higher neighbor is Timber Top Mountain, to the south, with Paria Point and Tucupit Po ...

is immediately north, and

Tucupit Point Tucupit Point is a prominent sandstone pinnacle in the Kolob Canyons area of Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States. Description The formation lays off of Taylor Creek Trail, and rises with a prominence of 138 feet. The pi ...

is situated to the north. Timber Top Mountain is the second-highest peak in Zion Park, following only Horse Ranch Mountain. Walls of

Navajo sandstone The Navajo Sandstone is a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the U.S. states of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, northwest Colorado, and Utah as part of the Colorado Plateau province of the United States.Anonymou ...

encircle this mesa-like feature, ranging from 400-ft high on along the south side, up to 2,000 feet on the north aspect.

Kolob Arch Kolob Arch is a natural arch in Zion National Park, Utah, United States. According to the Natural Arch and Bridge Society (NABS), it is the sixth-longest natural arch in the world. In 2006, the Society measured the span at 287.4 ± 2 feet (87.6 m ...

is set on the lower southeast cliff of the mountain, and Shuntavi Butte forms the west tip of the mountain. Precipitation

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from the mountain drains into Timber Creek, which is within the

Virgin River The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. The river is about long.Calculated with Google Maps and Google Earth It was designated Utah's first wild and scenic river in 2009, during the ...

drainage basin.

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File:Timber Top Mountain.jpg, Timber Top Mountain with Shuntavi Butte File:Timber Top Mountain (34491560610).jpg, Timber Top Mountain, with Shuntavi Butte (7,080-ft} far right File:Timber Top Mtn.jpg, Timber Top Mtn File:Kolob Canyon.jpg, Nagunt Mesa (left), Timber Top (center and right) File:Navajo Sandstone (Lower Jurassic), Shuntavi Butte, Kolob Canyons, Zion National Park, sw Utah 1 (8425003042).jpg, Shuntavi Butte File:Timber Top Mountain Fire, Zion National Park, July 2003.jpg, The July 2003 Timber Top Mountain fire was a lightning-ignited wildland fire that burned in mixed brush, fir and ponderosa pine

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Mountains of Utah Zion National Park Mountains of Washington County, Utah Landforms of Washington County, Utah Colorado Plateau North American 2000 m summits

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