The Lakeside Mountains are about a long
mountain range
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located on the southwest perimeter of the
Great Salt Lake; the range is located in northeast
Tooele County and south
Box Elder County in
Utah
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,
United States
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.
The range consists of a long north-trending section, and a southeast stretch composed of variable-height peaks and lower elevations, as well as a
massif
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section containing the mountain range highpoint.
The north section of the range terminus is at the community of
Lakeside, Utah, and the region lies on an eastern border of the
Great Salt Lake Desert
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.
Description
The range is linear, with the two trending sections. The north section actually trends slightly north-northeast, with the south part of it as a mountain area, with Sally Mountain, ; north of it, the range turns into ridgelines and small parallel valleys.
South section
The south section has a due-southeast trendline. A small low elevation
saddle
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separates the south from the north section. Richins Knoll, is adjacent the saddle, and the mountains southeast begin with a rise to Jedediah Mountain, , about 3 mi southeast of the saddle. The highpoint of the range is found southeast from here, Craner Peak, at .
[Utah DeLorme Atlas, p. 15.]
Access
Interstate 80 crosses the southern terminus of the Lakeside Mountains, at the townsite of
Delle
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Delle is the last French town on the railway line from Belfort to Berne, in Switzerland. The railway station in Delle is served by ...
. A northwest stretch of I-80 from Delle, skirts the range foothills, then enters the north of the
Cedar Mountains, before turning west through the Great Salt Lake Desert. From the north Cedar Mountains, Puddle Valley Highway (improved road) transits due-north through
Puddle Valley, then enters the west flank region of the north section of the range; a small valley called "Death Valley", located in a hilly foothill region, borders the Great Salt Lake Desert, on the desert's east, about 3 mi; Death Ridge, a subridge is 1 mi east; the north mountain terminus near Lakeside continues as named: Scad Ridge, Sedal Valley, Cave Ride, Great Salt Lake shoreline, (all 1 mi apart from each other).
References
External links
Craner Peak, Lakeside Mountains highpoint (coordinates, (6621 ft))Jedediah Mountain (approximate range center-N to S) (coordinates)
Great Salt Lake Desert
Mountain ranges of the Great Basin
Mountain ranges of Box Elder County, Utah
Mountain ranges of Tooele County, Utah
Mountain ranges of Utah
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