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Salt Lake City lies between the Wasatch Range and the Great Salt Lake. The Wasatch Mountains in the fall, September 2003. The range's highest point — 11,928 feet (3,636 m) — is Mount Nebo, a triple peak rising above Nephi, at the southern end of the range. In some places the mountains rise steeply from the valley's base elevation of 4,330 ...
Lone Peak is a mountain summit in the Wasatch Range southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, and the center of the Lone Peak Wilderness, established in 1978.With an elevation of 11,260 feet (3,430 m), it is one of the highest peaks in the range and among the most prominent of the Wasatch Front, towering over the Salt Lake City suburb of Draper and easily visible from most of the ...
The Wasatch Front / ˈ w ɑː s æ tʃ / is a major metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Utah.It consists of a chain of mostly contiguous cities and towns stretched along the Wasatch Range from Santaquin in the south to Pleasant View in the north, and containing the cities of Salt Lake City, Provo, Orem, Bountiful, Layton, and Ogden.
Twin Peaks is southeast of Salt Lake City in the Wasatch Range. The second-highest mountain range is the Oquirrhs, reaching a maximum height of 10,620 feet (3,237 m) at Flat Top. [69] The east–west-oriented Traverse Mountains to the south extend to 6,000' (1830m), nearly connecting the Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains. The mountains near Salt ...
Many buildings, such as hospitals and schools, are located directly atop the Wasatch Fault. Approximately 50% of hospital beds in Salt Lake City are at risk. [10] Currently, about 80% of Utah's population live along the Wasatch Fault, representing the largest earthquake threat in the interior Western U.S. [11] [1]
Oquirrh Mountains, Utah-Salt Lake Wasatch Range : (north to south), Cache-Box Elder-Weber-Morgan-Davis-Salt Lake-Summit-Wasatch-Utah-Juab-Sanpete San Juan County
A snowy winter view of the canyon Lake Blanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon, c. 1869. Big Cottonwood Canyon is a canyon in the Wasatch Range 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. [2] The 15-mile (24 km)-long canyon provides hiking, biking, picnicking, rock-climbing, camping, and fishing in the summer.
Grandview Peak is located nine miles (14 km) northeast of Salt Lake City on land managed by Wasatch National Forest. It is the highest point within the boundaries of Salt Lake City. [2] [6] The peak is part of the Wasatch Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.