Uinta Mountains, High Uintas Wilderness

Name: Uinta Mountains
Address: High Uintas Wilderness, United States

#5 among attractions in High Uintas Wilderness

Natural attraction, Vernacular architecture, Natural feature

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The Uinta Mountains are an east-west trending chain of mountains in northeastern Utah extending slightly into southern Wyoming in the United States. As a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, they are unusual for being the highest range in the contiguous United States running east to west, and lie approximately 100 miles east of Salt Lake City. The range has peaks ranging from 11,000 to 13,528 feet, with the highest point being Kings Peak, also the highest point in Utah. The Mirror Lake Highway crosses the western half of the Uintas on its way to Wyoming. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 13528 ftCoordinates: 40°46'34"N, 110°22'23"W

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High Uintas Wilderness United States

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Uinta Mountains – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kings Peak, Cliff Lake, Gilbert Peak, Mount Emmons.

~110 ftN
Natural attraction, Vernacular architecture, Mountain
Kings Peak, High Uintas Wilderness
1 min walk • Kings Peak is the highest peak in the U.S. state of Utah, with an elevation of 13,528 feet NAVD 88.
2.1 miNW
Natural attraction, Lake
Cliff Lake, High Uintas Wilderness
53 min walk • Cliff Lake is a lake in Summit County, Utah, United States, located in the Henrys Fork Basin of the Uinta Mountains near Mount Powell.
3.3 miN
Natural attraction, Vernacular architecture, Mountain
Gilbert Peak, High Uintas Wilderness
84 min walk • Gilbert Peak is the third highest peak in the U.S. state of Utah, with an elevation of 13,448 feet. It lies on the spine of the central Uinta Mountains, on the border between Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and Ashley National Forest in northeastern Utah, and on the border between Summit County and Duchesne County.
5.8 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Emmons, High Uintas Wilderness
147 min walk • Mount Emmons is a summit in Duchesne County, Utah, United States. It is located within the Ashley National Forest and the High Uintas Wilderness. It is situated about 5.76 miles southeast of Kings Peak and has an elevation of 13,448 feet. It was named for geologist Samuel Franklin Emmons.
0.8 miS
Natural attraction, Mountain
South Kings Peak, High Uintas Wilderness
20 min walk • South Kings Peak is the second highest peak in Utah, United States with an elevation of 13,518 feet. It lies just south of the spine of the central Uinta Mountains, in the Ashley National Forest in northeastern Utah, in north-central Duchesne County.
3 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Powell, High Uintas Wilderness
78 min walk • Mount Powell is a mountain in the Uinta Mountains in Northeastern Utah and is the thirteenth highest summit in the state. The peak is named after USGS Director John Wesley Powell. The summit is in the High Uintas Wilderness and the Ashley National Forest.