Monte Cristo Range is a
mountain range
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in
Cache
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,
Rich
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, and
Weber
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* Weber, Missouri, an unincorporated community
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* Weber County, Utah
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counties in
Utah
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, United States, that is a subrange of the
Wasatch Range
The Wasatch Range ( ) or Wasatch Mountains is a mountain range in the western United States that runs about from the Utah-Idaho border south to central Utah. It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Gr ...
and is a long
[Utah DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, pp. 12-13.] mountain range in the extreme northeast of the state. It parallels the
Bear River Mountains
The Bear River Range (also known as the Bear River Mountains) is a mountain range located in northeastern Utah and southeastern Idaho in the western United States.
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Description
The range forms the eastern boundary of the Cache Valley. O ...
to the west, but is only about half its length.
The range trends north-northeast and also parallels a north-flowing stretch of the
Bear River, with
Woodruff,
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, and
Sage Creek Junction on the river's west bank and bordering the eastern Monte Cristo Range foothills.
At the range's center-northwest foothills, in the north of Ant Valley, is the
Hardware Ranch Wildlife Management Area. The main, north-northeasterly ridgeline, forms the county boundaries between Cache County (west) and Rich County (east).
Range description
The Monte Cristo Range is only about long, but its ridge line is west of center, and there are extensive foothills eastward toward the Bear River valley river course. Ant Valley is at its western foothills bordering the Bear River Range, west, and covers about half of the western foothills, from north of the foothills center, and south, to about half of the southwest foothills.
Some of the larger peaks of the range are Red Spur Mountain at , north of range center. Gold Hill, at , is west of the range center. Eccles Peak at is in the extreme southeast; southwest of Eccles Peak, is the range high point, at the southern terminus of the range, Mt McKinnon at .
[Utah DeLorme Atlas, p. 13.]
Access
Utah State Route 101 traverses the Bear River Range from
Hyrum and accesses the center-west region of the range in Ant Valley, at the
Hardware Ranche WMA. Ant Flat Road meets Utah 101, and traverses the southwest of the range, intersecting with
Utah State Route 39 (SR-39), which traverses a south region of the range. SR-39 turns northeasterly at the southeast foothills and heads to
Woodruff, about
from the range.
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 M ...
References
External links
*
Gold Hill (approx range center, (lat-long.com) (coordinates)*
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Mountain ranges of Cache County, Utah
Mountain ranges of Rich County, Utah
Mountain ranges of Weber County, Utah
Mountain ranges of Utah
Wasatch-Cache National Forest