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Mountains High: Utah abounds with high peaks in all counties

Published: Wednesday, April 6, 2005 12:53 p.m. MDT
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Here are some lists to best answer those questions. (Note: you won't always find universal agreement on all these peak elevations or names because of variances on peak/high point definitions, measurements and official names, unofficial titles or the lack thereof.)

• The 10 tallest mountains in Utah (with names):

1. Kings Peak, Uinta Mountains, Duchesne County, 13,528.

2. South Kings Peak, Uinta Mountains, Duchesne County, 13,512.

3. Gilbert Peak, Uinta Mountains, Summit and Duchesne counties, 13,442.

4. Mount Emmons, Uinta Mountains, Duchesne County, 13,440.

5. Mount Lovenia, Uinta Mountains, Summit and Duchesne counties; 13,219.

6. Tokewanna Peak, Uinta Mountains, Summit County, 13,165.

7. Mount Powell, Uinta Mountains, Summit County, 13,159.

8. *"Wasatch Peak," benchmark, Uinta Mountains, Summit County, 13,156.

9. **Wilson Peak, Uinta Mountains, Summit and Duchesne counties, 13,049.

10. ***"Squaw Peak" benchmark, Uinta Mountains, Summit County, 12,990.

*Wasatch Peak is not officially named but is a benchmark listed on maps.

**There are 14 unnamed peaks over 13,000 feet above sea level in the Uinta Mountains. That number may vary, depending on the definition of a summit or peak.

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***Squaw Peak is not officially named but is a benchmark listed on maps. (The "Squaw" name has also fallen out of favor in recent years among committees on U.S. place names because of its derogatory slant toward Native American women.)

• Tallest 20 Utah peaks with names and NOT located in the Uinta Mountains:

1. Mount Peale, La Sal Mountains, San Juan County, 12,721.

2. Mount Mellenthin, La Sal Mountains, San Juan County, 12,645.

3. Mount Tukuhnikivatz, La Sal Mountains, San Juan County, 12,482.

4. Mount Waas, Grand County, 12,331.

5. Manns Peak, Grand County, 12,272.

6. Mount Tomasaki, La Sal Mountains, Grand County, 12,239.

7. Delano Peak, Beaver and Piute counties, 12,169.

8. Mount Belknap (or "Belnap"), Beaver and Piute counties, 12,137.

9. Mount Baldy, Beaver and Piute counties, 12,122.

10. Ibapah Peak, Juab County, 12,087.

11. Haystack Peak, Juab County, 12,020

12. Mount Holly, Beaver and Piute counties, 11,985.

13. Ibapah Azimuth, Juab County, 11,987.

14. Mount Nebo North Peak, Utah and Juab counties, 11,928.

15. Mount Nebo South Peak, Utah and Juab counties, 11,877.

16. Mount Nebo Middle Peak, Utah and Juab counties, 11,824.

17. South Mountain, San Juan County, 11,817.

18. Mount Brigham, Piute County, 11,757.

19. Mount Timpanogos North Peak, Utah County, 11,750.

20. "Mount Timpanogos South Peak," Utah County 11,722.

• Utah's five most significant mountain ranges:

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