Three Patriarchs

Last updated March 23, 2023

The Three Patriarchs (formerly known as the Three Wise Men) is a set of three sandstone monoliths on the west side of Zion Canyon in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States.^[1]^[2] The three main peaks were named by Frederick Fisher in 1916 for the biblical figures Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.^[3]^[4] The Court of the Patriarchs is the cliff that runs along the south face of the Three Partiarchs.

Climate

Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit th Three Patriarchs. According to the Köppen climate classification system, it is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone, which is defined by the coldest month having an average mean temperature below 32 °F (0 °C), and at least 50% of the total annual precipitation being received during the spring and summer. This desert climate receives less than 10 inches (250 millimeters) of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.^[5]

Gallery

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob peaks from Bridge Mountain, November 2013
Three Patriarchs in winter. The Sentinel, Abraham Peak and Isaac Peak, Mount Moroni, January 2011
Abraham Peak, Isaac Peak, Mount Moroni, August 2007
Three Patriarchs: Abraham Peak, Isaac Peak, Jacob Peak, and Mount Moroni, May 2015
Sunrise from Deertrap Mountain. Three Patriarchs centered down below. Mountain of the Sun foreground left, November 2016
The morning light begins the thaw on Abraham Peak, the tallest of three peaks together known as Court of the Patriarchs, January 2012
Jacob Peak, south aspect, June 2007

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References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Three Patriarchs
↑ Holder, Allen (9 December 2007). "Zion National Park is a little slice of heaven". Deseret News . Retrieved 16 July 2011.
↑ Kay, Ron (2008). Ron Kay's Guide to Zion National Park: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Zion National Park But Didn't Know who to Ask. pp. 90–92. ISBN 9780881507928.
↑ Powell, Eyre (21 December 1919). "New National Park, Zion Canyon". The New York Times .
↑ "Zion National Park, Utah, USA - Monthly weather forecast and Climate data". Weather Atlas. Archived from the original on August 31, 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Three Patriarchs

[deseret2007-2] Holder, Allen (9 December 2007). "Zion National Park is a little slice of heaven". Deseret News . Retrieved 16 July 2011.

[3] Kay, Ron (2008). Ron Kay's Guide to Zion National Park: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Zion National Park But Didn't Know who to Ask. pp. 90–92. ISBN 9780881507928.

[nyt1919-4] Powell, Eyre (21 December 1919). "New National Park, Zion Canyon". The New York Times .

[Weather_Atlas-5] "Zion National Park, Utah, USA - Monthly weather forecast and Climate data". Weather Atlas. Archived from the original on August 31, 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

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