Summit, UT

Summit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in east-central Iron County, Utah, United States. The 2020 census counted 170 residents. Summit was named for the fact that it sits on the divide between the Parowan Valley and Cedar Valley. At first the area around Summit Creek was a grazing area for Parowan to the north. A newcomer can read Summit through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Summit comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.