Beaver Dam Mountains
Landform in southwest Utah and northwest Arizona
title: "Beaver Dam Mountains" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-the-mojave-desert", "mountain-ranges-of-mohave-county,-arizona", "mountain-ranges-of-washington-county,-utah", "mountain-ranges-of-utah", "mountain-ranges-of-arizona"] description: "Landform in southwest Utah and northwest Arizona" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-the-mojave-desert" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Dam_Mountains" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Landform in southwest Utah and northwest Arizona ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Beaver Dam Mountains |
| photo | Beaver Dam Mountains 1.jpg |
| photo_size | 295px |
| photo_caption | north section massif |
| West Mountain Peak (Washington County, UT) | |
| country | United States |
| subdivision1_type | States |
| subdivision1 | |
| subdivision2 | |
| subdivision2_type | Regions |
| subdivision3 | |
| subdivision3_type | Counties |
| settlement | |
| settlement_type | Communities |
| range_coordinates | |
| subdivision4_type | Rivers |
| subdivision4 | |
| topo_map | Jarvis Peak quad |
| borders_on | |
| length_mi | 23 |
| length_orientation | NNW-SSE |
| width_mi | 13 |
| highest | West Mountain Peak (Washington County) |
| highest_location | (northwest)-Beaver Dam Mountains |
| elevation_ft | 7680 |
| coordinates | |
| map | USA Utah |
| map_caption | Beaver Dam Mountains of southwest Utah and Arizona |
| :: |
| name= Beaver Dam Mountains | photo= Beaver Dam Mountains 1.jpg | photo_size= 295px | photo_caption= north section massif West Mountain Peak (Washington County, UT) | country= United States | subdivision1_type= States | subdivision1= | subdivision2= | subdivision2_type= Regions | subdivision3= | subdivision3_type= Counties | settlement= | settlement_type= Communities | range_coordinates= | subdivision4_type= Rivers | subdivision4= | topo_map= Jarvis Peak quad | topo_maker= | geology= | borders_on= | orogeny= | length_mi= 23 | length_orientation= NNW-SSE | width_mi= 13 | width_orientation= | highest= West Mountain Peak (Washington County) | highest_location= (northwest)-Beaver Dam Mountains | elevation_m= | elevation_ft= 7680 | coordinates= | map= USA Utah | map_caption= Beaver Dam Mountains of southwest Utah and Arizona The Beaver Dam Mountains are a 23 mi long mountain range located mostly in extreme southwest Washington County, Utah, west of St. George, with the south of the range extending into the Arizona Strip.
The range contains the Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness which straddles the state's borders. The south of the range can be impressively seen from Interstate 15, as it traverses the corridor into Utah through the Virgin River Gorge, as the Virgin River exits the west of the Colorado Plateau.
Description
The range contains two sections. The northern massif is anchored by the highpoint (photo), of the West Mountain Peak (Washington County), 7680 ft. The eastern flank of the north massif contains Shivwits, Utah in the center of a section of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, the Shivwits Band of Utah. Utah highway 91 traverses the northwest–southeast sections through Utah Hill Summit.
The center of the range is adjacent to the Highway 91 mountain pass, and Tahoari (peak), 5523 ft.
The mountains are the only place in Utah where Dudleya arizonica, a rare plant of the family Crassulaceae, can be found. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Azurite-117493.jpg" caption="[[Azurite]] specimen from the old Apex mine near Jarvis Peak"] ::
Access
The center of the range at about 4,731 ft, (Utah Hill Summit), can be easily accessed from the west-southwest by Highway 91, from Littlefield, Arizona. The east and southeast of the range can be accessed by routes from St. George and Interstate 15.
References
References
- ''Utah Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 9th ed., 2014, pp. 56–57 {{isbn. 9780899332550
- {{GNIS. 1433836. Utah Hill Summit
- [http://climber.org/data/peaks/UTpeaksT.html Utah Peaks, Tahoari]
- Fertig, Walter. (2016). "Research Journal of the Utah Native Plant Society". Utah Native Plant Society.
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