[2] The range is named for the Pahvant tribe, a branch of the Ute people.

[2] Most of the land in the Pavant range is part of Fishlake National Forest.

Richfield lies in the Sevier River valley to the southeast of the range and Fillmore lies in the Pavant Valley along the northwest side of the range.

[3] The Pavant Range merges into the Tushar Mountains on the south.

[4] Interstate 70 crosses at a pass between the Pavant Range and the Tushar Mountains to the south.