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The Fish Springs Range is a 32-kilometre (20 mi) long, narrow, north-south trending mountain range located in center-west Juab County, Utah.[1] The northeast of the range borders the Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge; the entire east of the range borders the Fish Springs Flat, where the east region of the flat borders the Thomas Range.
| Fish Springs Range | |
|---|---|
 northeast hills of Fish Springs Range (from Fish Springs) | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | George H. Hansen Peak, Fish Springs Range |
| Elevation | 2,585 m (8,481 ft) |
| Coordinates | 39°43′30″N 113°26′26″W / 39.7249379°N 113.4404616°W |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 31.53 km (19.59 mi) N-S |
| Width | 4.8 km (3.0 mi) E-W |
| Geography | |
  Fish Springs Range Fish Springs Range in Utah | |
Country | United States |
State | Utah |
Regions | (Great Basin Desert) (southern)-Great Salt Lake Desert |
County | Juab |
Community | Fish Springs (site) |
| Borders on | Snake Valley-NW (Deep Creek Range-NW) Great Salt Lake Desert-NNW, N & NNE Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge-NE-(attached) (Dugway Range-NE) Fish Springs Flat-E (Thomas Range-E) House Range-SSE Tule Valley-S Snake Valley-W |
The Fish Springs Range lies at the south of the Great Salt Lake Desert[2]. It is in the geologic province known as the Basin and Range.
The south of the range borders the north of Tule Valley.
Range description
editThe Fish Springs Range is north-south trending, linear, narrow (mostly 3 to 4-mi wide),[3]
Fish Springs Flat borders the east of the range, and west of the range lies a satellite sub-peak (only other regional peak), The Honeycombs, 1,738 metres (5,702 ft).[4]
The highest point of the range is George H. Hansen Peak at 2,585 metres (8,481 ft).[5]
Access
editThe Fish Springs Range and wildlife refuge can be accessed from the west from Trout Creek. From the east, access can be from the Dugway Range region by unimproved roads, and southeast by the same from Delta, and Utah State Route 174, (through the Sevier Desert).
Fish Springs & northern hills of range
Middle Spring
References
edit- ↑ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
- ↑ "Fish Springs - Utah". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
- ↑ Utah, DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, p. 30–31.
- ↑ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
- ↑ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved May 27, 2026.