Black Mountains (Utah)

Black Mountains
Black Mountains is located in Utah
Black Mountains
Black Mountains
location of Chipman Peak in the Black Mountains (Utah)
Highest point
PeakMahogany Knoll, (northeastern east-west ridgeline)-Black Mountains
Elevation6,729 ft (2,051 m)
Coordinates37°18′14″N 113°33′15″W / 37.30389°N 113.55417°W / 37.30389; -113.55417
Dimensions
Length30 mi (48 km) (30 x 28 mi, ridgeline west, two ridgelines to southwest-w/Long Hollow)
Width28 mi (45 km) E-W
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
CountiesIron and Beaver
CommunitiesMinersville, Enoch, Summit, Parowan, Paragonah, Greenville and Adamsville
Range coordinates38°05′21″N 112°50′04″W / 38.08914°N 112.83439°W / 38.08914; -112.83439
Borders onEscalante Desert, Mineral Mountains, Minersville Reservoir, Beaver, Utah, Tushar Mountains, Parowan Valley, Hurricane Cliffs, Hurricane Cliffs and Markagunt Plateau

The Black Mountains is a 30-mile (48 km) long mountain range in northeastern Iron County and southeastern Beaver County in southwestern Utah, United States.[1][2]

The range borders the northeast portion of the Escalante Desert, and the range's southeast flank trends with the Hurricane Cliffs and Parowan Valley. In the south section, of a southwest trending ridgeline, is the Parowan Gap Petroglyphs Site. At the terminus of the ridgeline, the pass at the Summit, Utah region, there is the site of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail as it crossed into the northeast of Cedar Valley, the site of Cedar City.

Interstate 15 (I-15) traverses the southeast region of the range from Cedar City, to Greenville-Beaver.