The Granite Mountains are a short subrange of the

Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico ...

in central

Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the s ...

of the

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. The range runs approximately 100 mi (160 km) E-W along the south side of the

Shoshone Basin The Wind River Basin or Shoshone Basin is a semi-arid intermontane foreland basin in central Wyoming, United States. It is bounded by Laramide uplifts on all sides. On the west is the Wind River Range and on the North are the Absaroka Range and ...

, and north of the Sweetwater River, in eastern Fremont County and western Natrona County. The highest point is McIntosh Peak at . Independence Rock is at the east end of the range,''Independence Rock, Wyoming,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 and Split Rock was a prominent landmark on the

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. The region is rich in

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and other mineral deposits.

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* * Ranges of the Rocky Mountains Mountain ranges of Wyoming Landforms of Fremont County, Wyoming Landforms of Natrona County, Wyoming {{Wyoming-geo-stub

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