The Wellsville Mountains are located in northern

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and are often considered part of the

Wasatch Mountains The Wasatch Range ( ) or Wasatch Mountains is a mountain range in the western United States that runs about from the Utah-Idaho border south to central Utah. It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the G ...

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The mountains separate

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from the

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(Bear River Valley), as well as form a portion of the

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between

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and

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counties. Nearly all of the water collected by the Wellsville Mountains drains into the Bear River. While only moderately tall, they are particularly narrow. For this reason, it is often claimed they are one of the steepest mountain ranges in

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Retrieved 12 Aug 2007
Publiclands.org, Retrieved 12 Aug 2007 Box Elder () and the Wellsville Cone () are its two highest peaks. U.S. Route 89 in Utah, US-89/ US-91 traverses Box Elder Canyon, Dry Canyon, and Wellsville Canyon, beginning east of Brigham City as a four-lane highway, curving north then northeast and entering

at Wellsville. The mountains were named for the nearby City of Wellsville.

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Photographs of the Wasatch Mountains
Mountain ranges of Utah Mountain ranges of Cache County, Utah Mountain ranges of Box Elder County, Utah Wasatch-Cache National Forest Wasatch Range {{Utah-geo-stub

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