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Canyonlands

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Mount Peale (12,721 ft/3877 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Utah (81%), Colorado (19%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	20,769 sq mi / 53,792 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	188 mi / 302 km North-South 240 mi / 386 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	38° 13' N; 109° 58' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Canyonlands
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Canyonlands.

Colorado Plateau	Level 3 (Parent)
Roan Cliffs	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Utah Plateaus	Level 4 (Sibling)
Canyonlands	Level 4
San Rafael Swell	Level 5 (Child)
Central Canyonlands	Level 5 (Child)
La Sal Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Uncompahgre Plateau	Level 5 (Child)
Henry Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Escalante-Staircase	Level 5 (Child)
Elk Ridge	Level 5 (Child)
Abajo Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Grand Canyon Plateaus	Level 4 (Sibling)
Navajo Area	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Arizona Highlands	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southeast Colorado Plateau	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Canyonlands

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Mount Peale	12,721	3877	La Sal Mountains
2.	Mount Mellenthin	12,645	3854	La Sal Mountains
3.	Mount Tukuhnikivatz	12,482	3805	La Sal Mountains
4.	Mount Waas	12,331	3758	La Sal Mountains
5.	Manns Peak	12,272	3741	La Sal Mountains
6.	Mount Laurel	12,271	3740	La Sal Mountains
7.	Mount Tomasaki	12,239	3730	La Sal Mountains
8.	Pilot Mountain	12,200+	3719+	La Sal Mountains
9.	Green Mountain	12,163	3707	La Sal Mountains
10.	Little Tuk	12,048	3672	La Sal Mountains
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Mount Peale	12,721	3877	La Sal Mountains
2.	Mount Ellen	11,522	3512	Henry Mountains
3.	Abajo Peak	11,360	3463	Abajo Mountains
4.	Horsefly Peak	10,347	3154	Uncompahgre Plateau
5.	Horse Mountain	9300	2835	Elk Ridge
6.	San Rafael Knob	7921	2414	San Rafael Swell
7.	Fiftymile Mountain	7641	2329	Escalante-Staircase
8.	Lands End	7151	2180	Central Canyonlands

Photos of Peaks in the Canyonlands

Mount Peale Tukunikivatz, Peale, Mellenthin from left to right from the south (1981-08-03). Photo by John Vitz. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Mellenthin Tukunikivatz, Peale, Mellenthin from left to right from the south (1981-08-03). Photo by John Vitz. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Tukuhnikivatz Tukunikivatz, Peale, Mellenthin from left to right from the south (1981-08-03). Photo by John Vitz. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Waas Me on Mount Waas, my final Utah County Highpoint! (2017-09-17). Photo by J.J. Fernandez. Click here for larger-size photo.
Manns Peak Taken while climbing Manns and Tomasaki, UT (2008-07-29). Photo by Jerry Beals. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Tomasaki Taken while climbing Manns and Tomasaki, UT (2008-07-29). Photo by Jerry Beals. Click here for larger-size photo.
South Mountain The approach up from the south side. Very different than the talus of Peale, Tuk and Mellenthin (2019-08-14). Photo by Tom Gathright. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Ellen Mount Ellen from Bull Creek Pass (2015-09-04). Photo by Paul McClellan. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Ellen Peak Mount Ellen Peak from Mount Ellen (2015-09-04). Photo by Paul McClellan. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Pennell View of Mount Pennell, out over the Coyote Benches on the drive in. (2015-03-21). Photo by Sam Grant. Click here for larger-size photo.

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