Horse Ranch Mountain
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Horse Ranch Mountain rises to 2,637 m in Utah. Pine Spring Knoll stands 3,053 m to the northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Tucupit Point, a peak 1.2 miles away. Kolob Fingers Road Scenic Byway passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Horse Ranch Mountain is an 8,733-foot (2,662 m) mountain in the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park in northeastern Washington County, Utah, United States, that is the highest summit within the national park. It rises above Camp Creek to the north and Taylor Creek to the south. Its neighbors include Tucupit Point, 1 mi (1.6 km) to the south, and Timber Top Mountain is situated 3.9 mi (6.3 km) to the south-southwest.
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Wikidata Q3140792, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2637 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Kolob Fingers Road Scenic Byway
- 14.8 mi off the Markaquant High Plateau Scenic Byway
- 18.1 mi off the Zion Park Scenic Byway, National
- 18.6 mi off the Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Spectra Point Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Point Supreme Overlook · 20 mi
- Sunset View Overlook · 21 mi
- Chessmen Ridge Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tucupit Point: 1.2 mi
- Paria Point: 1.7 mi
- Buck Pasture Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Nagunt Mesa: 2.7 mi
- Death Point: 2.9 mi
- Escalante Interpretive Site: 3.7 mi
- Fort Harmony Monument: 4.6 mi
- Park Discovery: 13.1 mi
- Field at the Hills: 13.2 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 13.6 mi
- Beatty Spring: 4.3 mi
- Oak Spring: 5.3 mi
- Co-op Spring: 5.7 mi
- Lower Water Spring: 6.8 mi
- House Spring: 7.5 mi
- Kolob Canyon Scenic drive: 3.9 mi
- R1 - Bolted Rappel Anchor: 30 ft: 12.8 mi
- Cedar City Lighthouse: 12.9 mi
- The Subway: 13.0 mi
- R4 - Bolted Rappel Anchor: 20ft: 13.0 mi
- Lower Kanarra Falls: 4.2 mi
- 2nd Falls End of Hike: 4.2 mi
- R2 - Bolted Rappel Anchor: 6 ft.: 13.0 mi
- R3 - Keyhole Falls - Bolted Rappel Anchor: 10 ft.: 13.0 mi
- Archangel Falls: 13.0 mi
- Lee Point: 4.4 mi
- Graff Point: 5.9 mi
- Hurricane Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- Wasatch Rampart: 19.2 mi
- Hurricane Cliffs: 19.8 mi
- Old Iron Town: 18.0 mi
- Silver Reef: 19.3 mi
- Duncan's Retreat: 20.4 mi
- Grafton: 21.9 mi
- Adventure: 22.3 mi
- Deseret Iron Works: 15.3 mi
- (WIP) Entry Monument: 17.6 mi
- Hwy 14 waypoint: 18.2 mi
- Leeds Creek Kiln: 18.6 mi
- Grafton: 21.9 mi
- The Centurium: 14.4 mi
- Ellen (Nellie) Purcell Unthank: 14.5 mi
- Old Sorrel: 14.5 mi
- Fred C. Adams: 14.7 mi
- Brian the Bear: 22.3 mi
- Southern Utah Museum of Art: 14.7 mi
- The Museum of Composite Propellant Hobby Rocketry: 15.3 mi
- Frontier Homestead State Park Museum: 15.5 mi
- Silver Reef Museum: 19.3 mi
- Zion Human History Museum: 21.0 mi
- Double Arch Alcove: 1.4 mi
- Bartizan Arch: 18.8 mi
- Kanarraville North Rest Area: 3.8 mi
- Kanarraville South Rest Area: 4.0 mi
- SUU Native Plant Center: 14.3 mi
- Student Community Garden: 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Horse Ranch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Spring Knoll | NE 48° | 3,053 m | 6.7 mi |
| Three Knolls | NE 45° | 2,988 m | 7.1 mi |
| Pryor Knoll | NE 45° | 2,985 m | 10.0 mi |
| Co-op Knoll | NE 55° | 2,975 m | 5.5 mi |
| Kanarra Mountain | ENE 65° | 2,892 m | 5.2 mi |
| Lone Tree Mountain | NE 35° | 2,862 m | 12.4 mi |
| Miners Peak | E 81° | 2,801 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bean Hill | NE 50° | 2,769 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:10 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:19 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:38 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 43 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Harmony, 7 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Zion National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jun.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1428860 — Horse Ranch Mountain, Washington County, Utah.
OpenStreetMap element node/356673103
Day trips start here
- Zion National Park · 14 mi
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