The Star Range is an 8-mile (12 km) long, small mountain range located in central Beaver County,

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. The range is "

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"-shaped as small ridges end at peaks, like fingers of a hand. Another adjacent range sequence southwest, the Shauntie Hills has other fingers of the star-shape. Both ranges slope north towards flatlands south of the

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region, (southwest

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), and

San Francisco Mountains The San Francisco Peaks (Navajo: , es, Sierra de San Francisco, Hopi: ''Nuva'tukya'ovi'', Western Apache: ''Dził Tso'', Keres: ''Tsii Bina'', Southern Paiute: ''Nuvaxatuh'', Havasupai-Hualapai: ''Hvehasahpatch''/''Huassapatch''/''Wik'hanbaja'' ...

. The south flank of the Star Range lies at the northeast perimeter of the

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;

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, the site of Milford and a north-flowing stretch of the

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, lies adjacent, and east of the range, a narrowing valley stretch with the

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bordering to the east.

Description

The range is only about 8-mi long. and trends southwest by northeast. The highpoint of the range is Topache Peak, in the center-southeast bordering the Escalante Desert, at ).

Access

Access to the northeast or south side of the Star Range is by way of

Utah State Route 21 State Route 21 (SR-21) is a state highway in western Utah, running for in Millard and Beaver Counties from the Nevada state line near Garrison to Beaver. Route description SR-21 begins at the Nevada state line as a continuation of Nevada S ...

, from Milford, or Upton. Utah 21 turns due-west at Milford and crosses the north foothills of the range. The northwest side of the range can be accessed from the same route, (farther west), by way of The Big Wash, which drain washes from the northwest foothills. Utah 21 goes to the southeast flank of the San Francisco Mountains, about 13-mi from Milford.Utah DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, pp. 41.

References

External links

Topache Peak, lat-long.com (approx. range center-(southeast)) (coordinates)
Mountain ranges of Beaver County, Utah Mountain ranges of the Great Basin Mountain ranges of Utah {{Utah-geo-stub