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Checkerboard Mesa, Utah

Prominence: 520 ft, 158 m

Elevation: 6520+ feet, 1987+ meters

Approx. Isolation: 0.78 mi, 1.26 km

Elevation Info:

Elevation range: 6520 - 6560 ft
(40-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation: 6523 ft / 1988 m
(Range 6523 - 6563 ft)

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)

37° 12' 56'' N; 112° 52' 49'' W
37.215553, -112.880181 (Dec Deg)
333174E 4120441N Zone 12 (UTM)

Country

United States

State/Province

Utah

County/Second Level Region

Kane

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Selected Trip Reports from this site:
     2001-10 a by William Musser (Unsuccessful)

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Famous commonly photograped sandstone formation. Without survey the next highest peak is difficult (they are all within a few feet of each other) The clearest higher near peak is USGS EL 6715 to the west with a highest saddle EL between of 5950 and 6005 depending on highest nearest peak used. Use COl=6000 for set point

Checkerbaord Mesa is a landmark of Zion National Park. Photo courtesy of William Musser.
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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 520 ft/158 m Optimistic Prominence: 560 ft/170 m Key Col: 6000 ft/1829 m
Isolation	0.78 mi/1.26 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Crazy Quilt West (WSW) Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Intermountain West Range3: Colorado Plateau Range4: Central Utah Plateaus Range5: Markagunt Plateau-Zion
Drainage Basins	Colorado Gulf of California Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Zion National Park
Topo Map	Springdale East O37112b8 1:24,000
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by William Musser.
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