The Wellsville Mountains is a mountain range in Box Elder and Cache counties in Utah, United States,[2] that is part of the Wasatch Range.
Description
The range separates the Cache Valley from the Wasatch Front (Bear River Valley), as well as form a portion of the border between Box Elder and Cache counties. Nearly all of the water collected by the Wellsville Mountains drains into the Bear River.[3]
While only moderately tall, they are particularly narrow. For this reason, it is often claimed they are one of the steepest mountain ranges in North America.[4][5][6] Box Elder (9,372 feet [2,857 m]) and the Wellsville Cone (9,356 feet [2,852 m]) are its two highest peaks. US-89/US-91 traverses Box Elder Canyon, Dry Canyon, and Wellsville Canyon, beginning east of Brigham City as a four-lane highway, curving north then northeast and entering Cache Valley at Wellsville.
The mountains were named for the nearby City of Wellsville.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Box Elder Peak". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 15 Jan 2013.
- ^ "Wellsville Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Wellsville Mountains". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
- ^ [1] Wilderness.net, Retrieved 21 Aug 2007
- ^ Bear River Association of Governments, Retrieved 12 Aug 2007
- ^ [2] Publiclands.org, Retrieved 12 Aug 2007
- ^ Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names: A Compilation. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 393. ISBN 978-0-87480-345-7. OCLC 797284427. Retrieved 16 Mar 2018.
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