27px, we want 27. Please register or login . The tallest summits are Wellsville Cone at 9,356 feet and Box Elder Peak at 9,372 feet. Canyons cut into the mountains from east and west, and water that runs out of the Wellsvilles supplies 16 small Utah communities. Once devastated by overgrazing the Wilderness today has regained much of its health and supports populations of deer, moose and mountain lions with an occasional bighorn sheep.
Raptors use the mountain range as a major flyway.
Day hikers and hunters are the primary human users. Deep Canyon Trail, one of three, enters from the near the northeastern tip to climb the main ridge and crawl south to Stewart Pass, a distance of approximately five miles. A short trail from Coldwater Lake on the eastern side climbs also to Stewart Pass, a distance of approximately 1.5 miles. Trail-less and seldom visited, the western side preserves the most rugged terrain. Wilderness map including the Mount Naomi Wilderness is available for three dollars from the district ranger.