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Western Utah Desert Ranges

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Indian Peak (9790 ft/2984 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Utah (98%), Nevada (2%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	3,360 sq mi / 8,702 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	129 mi / 207 km North-South 42 mi / 67 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	38° 55' N; 113° 44' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Western Utah Desert Ranges
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Western Utah Desert Ranges.

East Great Basin Ranges	Level 4 (Parent)
Promontory Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Great Salt Lake Desert Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Stansbury Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Oquirrh Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Central Utah Desert Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Western Utah Desert Ranges	Level 5
Confusion Range	Level 6 (Child)
Tunnel Spring Mountains	Level 6 (Child)
Mountain Home Range	Level 6 (Child)
Indian Peak Range	Level 6 (Child)
Wah Wah Mountains	Level 6 (Child)
House Range	Level 5 (Sibling)
Eastern Utah Desert Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Southern Utah Desert Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Pine Valley Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Western Utah Desert Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Indian Peak	9790	2984	Indian Peak Range
2.	Peak 9576	9576	2919	Indian Peak Range
3.	Twin Peak Benchmark	9546	2910	Indian Peak Range
4.	Needle Benchmark	9480	2890	Mountain Home Range
5.	Wah Wah Mountains High Point	9393	2863	Wah Wah Mountains
6.	Peak 9135	9135	2784	Wah Wah Mountains
7.	Peak 9074	9074	2766	Indian Peak Range
8.	North Wah Wah Mountains High Point	8980	2737	Wah Wah Mountains
9.	Peak 8920	8920+	2719+	Wah Wah Mountains
10.	Peak 8840	8840+	2694+	Mountain Home Range
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Indian Peak	9790	2984	Indian Peak Range
2.	Needle Benchmark	9480	2890	Mountain Home Range
3.	Wah Wah Mountains High Point	9393	2863	Wah Wah Mountains
4.	Tunnel Spring Mountains High Point	8440	2573	Tunnel Spring Mountains
5.	King Top	8350	2545	Confusion Range

Photos of Peaks in the Western Utah Desert Ranges

Indian Peak Indian Peak summit display (2016-05-26). Photo by Gerry Pennington. Click here for larger-size photo.	Needle Benchmark Needle Benchmark is the peak on the left (2021-09-03). Photo by Chloe Jennings-White. Click here for larger-size photo.
Wah Wah Mountains High Point Looking South at the Wah Wah highpoint from the saddle in between it and Wah Benchmark. The skyline of the Indian Peak Range is on the right horizon, and conifer forests (that include a lot of bristlecone) can be seen on the peak's slopes. (2022-04-29). Photo by Otto De Groff. Click here for larger-size photo.	Peak 9135 At the high undulating plateau, Peak 9135 is still hidden behind the distant center peak (2019-08-31). Photo by Tom Gathright. Click here for larger-size photo.
North Wah Wah Mountains High Point North Wah Wah Mountains High Point from the south (2020-05-25). Photo by David Fox. Click here for larger-size photo.	Tunnel Spring Mountains High Point Tunnel Spring Mountains High Point as seen from an eastern approach (2022-05-01). Photo by David Fox. Click here for larger-size photo.
King Top The view southeast to King Top from open sagebrush flats near two wildcat wells drilled in 1981. (2019-11-02). Photo by Otto De Groff. Click here for larger-size photo.	Dome Benchmark Dome Benchmark (center) and Peak 8120 (left) from the east. Typical low, pinyon-juniper covered hills of the King Top WSA surround the benchmark. (2022-10-15). Photo by Otto De Groff. Click here for larger-size photo.
Conger Mountain Sunset over Conger Mountain from just east of the HP on a moody evening. Mount Moriah can be seen to the left of the peak, on the horizon. Conger Mountain's main summit area is made up of several ridges and peaks over 8000' in elevation, which are covered in mature forests of pinyon. (2022-04-27). Photo by Otto De Groff. Click here for larger-size photo.	Peak 7792 Peak 7792 as seen from Crystal Peak (2016-04-21). Photo by Sam Grant. Click here for larger-size photo.

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