Nagunt Mesa is a 7,785-foot (2,373 m) mountain summit located in the Kolob Canyons area of Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States.
[1] Walls of Jurassic Navajo sandstone encircle this mesa-like feature, ranging up to 1,400-ft high in places.
Precipitation runoff from the mesa drains into Timber Creek, which is part of the Virgin River drainage basin.
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 °F (0 °C), and at least 50% of the total annual precipitation being received during the spring and summer.
This desert climate receives less than 10 inches (250 millimeters) of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter.