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Bridge Mountain is a 6,803-foot Navajo Sandstone peak in Zion National Park in southwestern Utah, east of the park headquarters near the south entrance to Zion Canyon. Runoff from its slopes drains into tributaries of the North Fork Virgin River. Originally called Crawford Mountain for an early Mormon settler family in the canyon, it was officially renamed in 1934 after a natural span on the mountain was thought to be a natural bridge. That feature was later identified as an arch, and the National Park Service renamed it Crawford Arch. The mountain’s geology, climate, and naming history connect local settlement with Zion’s sandstone landscape.
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