Bountiful Peak is a mountain
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used only for ...
located in
Davis County,
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
, United States.
Description
Bountiful Peak is situated in the
Wasatch Range
The Wasatch Range ( ) or Wasatch Mountains is a mountain range in the western United States that runs about from the Utah-Idaho border south to central Utah. It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Gr ...
which is a subset of the
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in great-circle distance, straight-line distance from the northernmost part of Western Can ...
, and it is set on land managed by
Wasatch-Cache National Forest. The community of
Bountiful is six miles to the south-southwest and
Farmington is four miles to the northwest. Precipitation
runoff from the mountain's slopes ultimately drains to
Great Salt Lake.
Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over above
Interstate 15 in four miles. Skyline Drive and the
Great Western Trail traverse the peak, providing an approach option. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the
U.S. Board on Geographic Names and is named in association with the nearby town, which in turn refers to
Bountiful in the Book of Mormon.
On November 4, 1940,
United Airlines
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Flight 16 struck Bountiful Peak due to navigational equipment failure while on an Oakland-Salt Lake City passenger service, killing all 10 on board.
See also
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List of mountain peaks of Utah
References
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External links
*Bountiful Peak
weather forecastNational Geodetic Survey Data Sheet
Mountains of Utah
Mountains of Davis County, Utah
Two-thousanders of the United States
Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Wasatch Range