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The Bear River Range (also known as the Bear River Mountains), is a 
NCDC: January 2002 City/State Extremes
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mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
located in northeastern 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 ...
and southeastern Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...
in the western United States.
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Description
The range forms the eastern boundary of the Cache Valley. One of the mountains' sinks (Peter Sinks Peter Sinks is a natural sinkhole in northern Utah that is one of the coldest places in the contiguous United States.
Peter Sinks is located above sea level, in the Bear River Mountains east of Logan, within the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. ...
) recorded the lowest temperature in Utah on February 1, 1985, at ,/ref> which is also the second-lowest temperature ever recorded in the contiguous United States.
U.S. Highway 89
U.S. Route 89 (US 89) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway with two sections, and one former section. The southern section runs for from Flagstaff, Arizona, to the southern entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The northern section ...
via Logan Canyon provides the only major route through the mountains, and the canyon is the location of Logan River
The Logan River ( Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river located in the Scenic Rim, Logan and Gold Coast local government areas of the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The -long river is one of the dominant waterways in Sout ...
, the Beaver Mountain ski resort, and Tony Grove Lake
Tony Grove Lake is a lake in Cache County, Utah. The Tony Grove Lake Campground is located on the southeast shore of the lake. The lake and campground are situated on the Logan Canyon Scenic Byway. A paved road climbs to a height of to reac ...
.
See also
*List of mountain ranges of Utah
The named mountain ranges of Utah.
Alphabetical
* Abajo Mountains
* Antelope Range (Iron County, Utah)
* Antelope Range (Juab County, Utah)
* Antelope Range (Sevier County, Utah)
* Aquarius Plateau, (''* Boulder Mountain'')
* Bear River Mo ...
* List of mountains in Utah
Mountains in Utah are numerous and have varying elevations and prominences.
Kings Peak, in the Uinta Mountains in Duchesne County, Utah, is the highest point in the state and has the greatest prominence. It has elevation and prominence . It ...
* List of mountains of Idaho
This list includes significant summit (topography), mountain peaks and summit (topography), high points located in the United States arranged alphabetically by U.S. state, state, District of Columbia, district, or Territories of the United States, ...
* List of mountain peaks of Idaho
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All ...
* List of mountain ranges in Idaho
There are at least 115 named mountain ranges in Idaho. Some of these ranges extend into the neighboring states of Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Names, elevations and coordinates from the U.S. Geological Survey, Geographi ...
References
External links
Bear River (Great Salt Lake) Mountain ranges of Idaho Mountain ranges of Utah Mountain ranges of Cache County, Utah Mountain ranges of Rich County, Utah Landforms of Bear Lake County, Idaho Landforms of Caribou County, Idaho Landforms of Franklin County, Idaho Wasatch-Cache National Forest Wasatch Range {{Utah-geo-stub