{{Short description|Three Sandstone monoliths in the state of Utah}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} [[File:Ansel Adams - National Archives 79-AA-V01.jpg|thumb|Three Patriarchs, 1933. <br />Photo by Ansel Adams]] [[File:Zion Three Patriarchs Panorama.jpg|thumb|Three Patriarchs, 2010<br/>Abraham Peak, Isaac Peak, and Mount Moroni (Jacob Peak behind Mt. Moroni)]]

The '''Three Patriarchs''' (formerly known as the '''Three Wise Men''') is a set of three sandstone monoliths on the west side of Zion Canyon in Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States.<ref>{{gnis|1433493|Three Patriarchs}}</ref><ref name=deseret2007>{{cite news|last=Holder|first=Allen|title=Zion National Park is a little slice of heaven|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695233222/Zion-National-Park-is-a-little-slice-of-heaven.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023160210/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695233222/Zion-National-Park-is-a-little-slice-of-heaven.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2012|access-date=16 July 2011|newspaper=Deseret News|date=9 December 2007}}</ref> The three main peaks were named by Frederick Fisher in 1916 for the biblical figures Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.<ref>{{cite book |last= Kay|first= Ron|author-link= |date=2008 |title=Ron Kay's Guide to Zion National Park: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Zion National Park But Didn't Know who to Ask |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tR5OAQAAIAAJ |location= |pages= 90–92|isbn= 9780881507928}} </ref><ref name=nyt1919>{{cite news|last=Powell|first=Eyre|title=New National Park, Zion Canyon|newspaper=The New York Times|date=21 December 1919}}</ref> The Court of the Patriarchs is the cliff that runs along the south face of the Three Partiarchs.

==Climate== Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit the Three Patriarchs. According to the Köppen climate classification system, it is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone, which is defined by the coldest month having an average mean temperature below 32&nbsp;°F (0&nbsp;°C), and at least 50% of the total annual precipitation being received during the spring and summer. This desert climate receives less than {{convert|10|in|mm|abbr=off|sp=us}} of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.<ref name="Weather Atlas">{{cite web |url=https://www.weather-us.com/en/utah-usa/zion-national-park-climate |title=Zion National Park, Utah, USA - Monthly weather forecast and Climate data |publisher=Weather Atlas |access-date=31 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127152638/https://www.weather-us.com/en/utah-usa/zion-national-park-climate |archive-date=January 27, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 500px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Zion View from Bridge Mountain.jpg|Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob peaks from Bridge Mountain, November 2013 File:Three Patriarchs January 2011.jpg|Three Patriarchs in winter. The Sentinel, Abraham Peak and Isaac Peak, Mount Moroni, January 2011 File:Three Patriarchs, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah (1026077696).jpg|Abraham Peak, Isaac Peak, Mount Moroni, August 2007 File:Court of the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Moroni.jpg|Three Patriarchs: Abraham Peak, Isaac Peak, Jacob Peak, and Mount Moroni, May 2015 File:Court of the Patriarchs from Above.jpg|Sunrise from Deertrap Mountain. Three Patriarchs centered down below. Mountain of the Sun foreground left, November 2016 File:Abraham Peak (6757020335).jpg|The morning light begins the thaw on Abraham Peak, the tallest of three peaks together known as Court of the Patriarchs, January 2012 File:Navajo Sandstone cliffs (Lower Jurassic), Pine Creek Canyon, Zion National Park, sw Utah 5.jpg|Jacob Peak, south aspect, June 2007 </gallery> </div>

==See also== {{stack|{{portal|Mountains|Utah}}}} * List of Mountains in Utah * Geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area * Abraham Peak * Isaac Peak * Jacob Peak

==References== {{reflist|22em}}

==External links== * {{commons category-inline|Three Patriarchs (Zion National Park)}}

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Category:Landforms of Washington County, Utah Category:Landmarks in Utah Category:Mountains of Utah Category:Zion National Park

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