Stansbury Mountains

Stansbury Mountains
View south-southeast, from Timpie area
Highest point
PeakDeseret Peak
Elevation11,035 ft (3,363 m)
Coordinates40°27′34.25″N 112°37′34.76″W / 40.4595139°N 112.6263222°W / 40.4595139; -112.6263222
Dimensions
Length28 mi (45 km) N-S
Geography
Stansbury Mountains is located in Utah
Stansbury Mountains
Stansbury Mountains
Stansbury Mountains
in Utah
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
RegionsGreat Basin Desert and Great Salt Lake Desert
CountyTooele
CommunitiesTimpie, Flux, Burmester, Grantsville, Iosepa, Rush Valley, Saint John, Clover and Terra
Range coordinates40°31′02″N 112°38′01″W / 40.5171636°N 112.6335728°W / 40.5171636; -112.6335728
Borders onSkull Valley, Cedar Mountains, Great Salt Lake, Stansbury Island, Tooele Valley, Rush Valley, Onaqui Mountains and Great Salt Lake Desert

The Stansbury Mountains are a 28-mile (45 km) long[1] mountain range located in eastern Tooele County, Utah.[2] It is named for U.S. Army Major Howard Stansbury, a topographical engineer, who led an expedition that surveyed the region.

The range trends north–south, reaching from the southwest of the Great Salt Lake at Stansbury Bay into the region of the southeast Great Salt Lake Desert. Its southwest perimeter is adjacent to Dugway (and the Dugway Proving Ground), and along its western base lies Skull Valley, which trends north from Dugway. The south of the range contains the Deseret Peak Wilderness, with much of the range as part of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

  1. ^ Utah, DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, p. 16-17, 24-25.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stansbury Mountains