{{Short description|Pair of buttes in Utah, United States}} {{About|the pair of geographic features in Utah|the eponymous national monument|Bears Ears National Monument|the mountain in Wyoming|Bears Ears Mountain|the flowering plant called bear's ear|Primula auricula}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Bears Ears | image = Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.jpg | image_caption = The Bears Ears from Utah State Route 261 | elevation_ft = 8481 | elevation_ref = <ref name="gnis"/> | prominence = {{convert|2000|ft|m}} | location = San Juan County, Utah<br>United States | topo_map = USGS Kigalia Point | type = | age = | map = USA Utah | map_size = 180 | map_caption = none | label = Bears Ears | label_position = bottom | range_coordinates = | coordinates = {{coord|37.628329|N|109.866365|W|type:mountain_region:US-UT_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis"/> | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
The '''Bears Ears''' are a pair of buttes located in San Juan County in southeastern Utah, United States.<ref name="gnis">{{gnis|1438507}}</ref> They are protected as part of and the namesake of the Bears Ears National Monument, managed by the Bureau of Land Management and United States Forest Service. The Bears Ears are bordered on the west by Dark Canyon Wilderness and Beef Basin, on the east by Comb Ridge and on the north by Indian Creek and Canyonlands National Park. Rising {{convert|2000|ft|m}} above Cedar Mesa to the south, the Bears Ears reach {{convert|8700|ft|m}} in elevation and are named for their resemblance to the ears of a bear emerging from the horizon.
==See also== {{stack|{{portal|Utah}}}} * List of mountains in Utah
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==Further reading== * Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, [http://www.hcn.org/issues/48.18/the-fight-for-bears-ears-on-the-road The fight for Bears Ears, on the road], ''High Country News'' (October 31, 2016) * Jonathan Thompson, [http://www.hcn.org/issues/48.18/the-bid-for-bears-ears-national-monument The bid for Bears Ears], ''High Country News'' (October 16, 2016)
==External links== {{stack|{{commons category|Bears Ears}}}} * [https://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nabr/html/nb077.htm Bears Ears] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417010710/http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nabr/html/nb077.htm |date=April 17, 2015 }} at USGS website
Category:Buttes of Utah Category:Landforms of San Juan County, Utah Category:Bears Ears National Monument