Sierra de Utiel explained

Sierra de Utiel
Elevation M:	1306
Map:	Spain
Listing:	Mountains of the Valencian Community
Location:	Plana d'Utiel and Serrans, Valencian Community
Range:	Iberian System, Southeastern end
Coordinates:	39.6211°N -0.98°W
Type:	Karstic (Jurassic)
Easiest Route:	Drive from Utiel, Sinarcas, Loriguilla, Domeño, Chera, Benagéber or Calles

Sierra de Utiel^[1] (Catalan; Valencian: Serra d'Utiel) is a 16.45km (10.22miles) long mountain range in the Alt Palància, Alt Millars and Plana Baixa comarcas, Valencian Community, Spain. Its highest point is the 1,306 m high El Remedio (Catalan; Valencian: El Remei). There is often snow in the winter.^[2]

Minor ranges

There are four ranges running parallel to each other:

• Sierra del Negrete, also known as Sierra del Remedio (Catalan; Valencian: Serra del Remei), the main range, with the 1,306 m high El Remedio (Catalan; Valencian: El Remei), where there is a shrine^[3] and the Cerrochico (1,223 m).
• The Sierra de Utiel proper with the 1,112 m high Cabeza del Fraile
• The Sierra de Juan Navarro with the 1,177 m high Cinco Pinos, the Juan Navarro (1,167 m) and the Ropé (1,140 m), where both former ranges merge to meet the tectonic depression of Chera.
• The Sierra de la Atalaya, whose highest summit is La Atalaya (1,157 m).

The Utiel Range has been declared a Site of Community Importance (SCI).^[4]

See also

• Mountains of the Valencian Community

External links

• Red de senderos de la Plana de Utiel - Sierras de Utiel y del Negrete
• Parcs Naturals de la Comunitat Valenciana - Official List

Notes and References

1. Vicenç M. Rosselló i Verger, Toponímia, geografia i cartografia
2. http://www.laredcomarcal.com/?p=8073 Nieve en la Sierra del Remedio de Utiel
3. http://lexicali.com/mjordan/utiel/images.shtml Images of The Shrine of El Remedio, near Utiel
4. http://www.cma.gva.es/areas/SIG/sigshp/cartografia_basica/lics/fichas_lics/lic_sierra_negrete.PDF SCI Sierra del Negrete