Geyser Pass

Geyser Pass
Elevation 10,528 ft (3,209 m)
Traversed by Geyser Pass Road
Location San Juan County, Utah
Range La Sal Range
Coordinates 38°29′11″N 109°13′55″W / 38.48639°N 109.23194°W / 38.48639; -109.23194[1]Coordinates: 38°29′11″N 109°13′55″W / 38.48639°N 109.23194°W / 38.48639; -109.23194[1]

Geyser Pass is a mountain pass in the La Sal Range of Utah. The 10,528-foot (3,209 m)[1] pass is not named after a geyser, but for cattleman Al Geyser, who grazed his stock in the area in the 1880s.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Geyser Pass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1945). Utah: A Guide to the State. US History Publishers. p. 429. ISBN 978-1-60354-043-8.


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