Mount Belknap is set in the Fishlake National Forest on the boundary that Beaver County shares with Piute County.

[3] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 2,700 feet (823 meters) above Fish Creek in one mile (1.6 km).

Mount Belknap is named after William Worth Belknap (1829–1890), the United States Secretary of War who served under President Ulysses S.

[5] This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

[2] Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Belknap is located in a dry summer subarctic climate zone (Köppen Dsc) with cold snowy winters and mild summers.