Bell Butte

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Bell Butte
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Northwest aspect, viewed from Moki Dugway
Highest point
Elevation 5,351 ft (1,631 m) [1] [2]
Prominence 291 ft (89 m) [1]
Parent peak Lady in the Bathtub [1]
Isolation 2.97 mi (4.78 km) [1]
Coordinates 37°14′27″N109°53′46″W / 37.2407192°N 109.8961967°W / 37.2407192; -109.8961967 [3]
Geography
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Bell Butte
Location in Utah
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Bell Butte
Bell Butte (the United States)
Location Valley of the Gods
San Juan County, Utah, U.S.
Parent range Colorado Plateau [2]
Topo map USGS The Goosenecks
Geology
Rock age Permian
Rock type Sandstone, siltstone
Climbing
Easiest route class 2+ scrambling [1]

Bell Butte is a 5,351-foot-elevation (1,631-meter) pillar in San Juan County, Utah, United States.

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Description

Bell Butte is situated 19 miles (31 km) west of Bluff, Utah, in the Valley of the Gods, on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. [4] Precipitation runoff from this landform drains to the San Juan River via Lime Creek. [2] Access to the butte is from Highway 261. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 450 feet (137 meters) above the valley floor in 0.2 mile (0.32 km). This landform's descriptive toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [3]

Geology

Bell Butte is composed of strata of early Permian Halgaito Formation which is the basal member of the Cutler Group. [5] The valley floor is Honaker Trail Formation. [6]

Climate

Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit Bell Butte. According to the Köppen climate classification system, it is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone with cold winters and hot summers. [7] Summers highs rarely exceed 100 °F (38 °C). Summer nights are comfortably cool, and temperatures drop quickly after sunset. Winters are cold, but daytime highs are usually above freezing. Winter temperatures below 0 °F (−18 °C) are uncommon, though possible. This desert climate receives less than 10 inches (250 millimeters) of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.

View from Cedar Mesa. Valley of the Gods Road to left, State Route 261 to right, with Bell Butte centered between. The Road to Monument Valley, (Route 261 Utah) (3467673903).jpg
View from Cedar Mesa. Valley of the Gods Road to left, State Route 261 to right, with Bell Butte centered between.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bell Butte - 5,351' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bell Butte, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Bell Butte". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  4. ↑ Valley of the Gods, Bureau of Land Management, Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  5. ↑ Robert Brett O'Sullivan, Geology of the Cedar Mesa-Boundary Butte Area, San Juan County, Utah, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965, p. 36.
  6. ↑ Dan S. Chaney, The Carboniferous-Permian Transition, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 2013, p. 64.
  7. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606. S2CID   9654551.
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