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The Wasatch Range (/ ˈ w ɑː s æ tʃ / WAH-satch) or Wasatch Mountains is a mountain range in the western United States that runs about 160 miles (260 km) from the Utah-Idaho border south to central Utah. [1] It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region. [2]
Consisting of several sub-peaks, only one has the prominence to be considered a true summit. The summit has an elevation of 11,461 feet (3,493 m), [1] making it the highest point in Salt Lake County. The peak is also the most prominent in Salt Lake County, and one of the most prominent in the Wasatch Range.
The summit is the highest point in Weber County as well as the Northern Wasatch Range. [2] The town of Willard is four miles to the northwest and Ben Lomond Mountain is 1.5 mile to the southeast. The peak is located at the head of Willard Creek and precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes ultimately drains to Great Salt Lake.
The Ohio Hi-Point Vocational-Technical District opened a school atop the hill in 1974, now known as the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center. A petition to rename Campbell Hill after former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appeared on the White House's Web site in 2015; it was an attempt to satirize the Department of the Interior 's decision to change the ...
It ranks as the 14th-highest summit in Utah, and 55th-highest in the United States if a 400-foot clean prominence cutoff is considered as criteria. [2] Neighbors include Mount Beulah three miles to the west-northwest, Mount Lovenia two miles to the south-southeast, and Dead Horse Peak is five miles to the southwest.
Mountain Peak State Mountain Range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Denali [a] (Mount McKinley) Alaska: Alaska Range: 20,310 ft 6190.5 m: 20,146 ft 6141 m: 4,629 mi 7,450 km 2 Mount Saint Elias [b] Alaska Yukon: Saint Elias Mountains: 18,009 ft 5489 m: 11,250 ft
Gobblers Knob is the highest point in the Mount Olympus Wilderness, [3] and is set on land managed by Wasatch National Forest.This peak is situated in the Wasatch Range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains, and with Salt Lake City 12 miles to the west and Park City 10 miles to the east, it is a popular hiking destination. [7]
The Pfeifferhorn is one of the highest peaks to climb in the Wasatch. The peak is usually climbed from the Red Pine Lake area, a ten-mile roundtrip climb that gains 3,700 feet. The peak was named after Chuck Pfeiffer, a Wasatch Club leader from long ago. [10]