), from
Cedar Mountain Wilderness, in the
Cedar Mountains The Stansbury Mountains are mostly a
massif, with a continuous ridgeline from north to south, and they are connected at their south with the similarly aligned
Onaqui Mountains. The range is widest at the south, about 10 miles, and narrows to about 6 miles at the Great Salt Lake. Its northernmost 3 miles narrow at Timpie to Long Rock Basin. At the lakeshore, bordering Timpie and the mountains' foothills, lies
Timpie Springs Waterfowl Management Area. The highpoint of the range is
Deseret Peak, , in the
Deseret Peak Wilderness.
Skull Valley borders the range's west, with the
Skull Valley Indian Reservation at the southwest foothills, and north of Dugway.
Tooele Valley borders the range's east, with the communities of
Burmester,
Grantsville, and
Rush Valley. ==Access==