Monticello, Utah UT Hotels/Motels/Lodging

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Monticello is a city in San Juan County, Utah (USA). The population was 1,958 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of San Juan County.

Monticello is located at 37.869089, -109.341871 in the Four Corners area of the Colorado Plateau.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.7 km² (2.6 mi²), all land.

The Abajo Mountains, also called the Blue Mountains, are a small mountain range west of Monticello, Utah, south of Canyonlands National Park and north of Blanding, Utah. The largest peak within the range is Abajo Peak at 11,360 ft (3,463 m).

This mountain range, like both the La Sal Range and Henry Mountains in the same part of the Colorado Plateau, is formed about igneous intrusions that are relatively resistant to erosion. Some of these intrusions form laccoliths emplaced at depths of a few kilometers. The predominant igneous rock is porphyritic hornblende diorite. Ages of intrusion in the Abajo Mountains fall in the interval from 22 to 29 million years.

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