From Deseret News archives:
Utah geography 101
Test your knowledge about the Beehive State
20. The "Subway" is located in which Utah national park?
a. Bryce Canyon
b. Zion
c. Capitol Reef
d. Arches
ANSWERS
Answers to Part I
1. Kings Peak was named for Clarence King, a geologist and surveyor in the Uinta Mountains from 1868-1871.
2. South Kings Peak. The peak is less than a mile from Kings Peak and is 14 feet shorter. (South Kings was believed to be Utah's highest until 1966.)
3. Mount Nebo. (The mountain's northernmost peak it has three stands at 11,928 feet above sea level.)
4. Mount Peale in the La Sal Mountains southeast of Moab measures 12,721 feet above sea level.
6. Brian Head (9,600 feet above sea level).
7. St. George (2,880 feet above sea level).
8. The Salt Lake Temple sits at 4,340 feet above sea level.
9. The Mirror Lake Highway (U-150) crosses Bald Mountain Pass at the 10,715-foot elevation.
10. U-143, from Parowan to Cedar Breaks National Monument has a 13 percent maximum grade.
11. Beaver Dam Wash, southwest of St. George (2,350 feet above sea level).
12. Willard Peak, on the Box Elder County line (9,764 feet above sea level).
13. The Middle Sinks area of upper Logan Canyon recorded 64 degrees below zero on Jan. 18, 1984. Peter Sinks bottomed out at 69 degrees below zero on Feb. 1, 1985.
14. Kolob Arch, with a span of 310 feet, in Zion National Park. (Landscape Arch in Arches National Park measures 306-feet across.)
15. South Weber is in Davis County.
16. Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon, with a 430-foot drop in two sections and an overall cascade of 604 feet.
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