Gobblers Knob is a mountain

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located in

Salt Lake County Salt Lake County is located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,185,238, making it the most populous county in Utah. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City, the state capital. The co ...

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, United States.

Description

Gobblers Knob is the highest point in the Mount Olympus Wilderness, and is set on land managed by

Wasatch National Forest Wasatch National Forest was established as the Wasatch Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in Utah on August 16, 1906 with to the east of Salt Lake City and Provo. It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 Grantsv ...

. This 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 with

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...

12 miles to the west and Park City 10 miles to the east, it is a popular hiking destination. Neighbors include Mount Raymond 1.5 mile to the southwest and Kesler Peak is 3.2 miles to the south. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's north slope drains to Mill Creek, whereas the south slope drains to

Big Cottonwood Creek Big Cottonwood Creek is located in the Wasatch Mountains just east of Salt Lake City. It is part of the Big Cottonwood Creek Watershed, which ranges in elevation from 5,000 to 10,500 feet with the headwaters around 9,600 feet. The creek flows thr ...

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is significant as the summit rises above Mill Creek Canyon in 1.5 mile.

History

This mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1964 by the

United States Board on Geographic Names The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a Federal government of the United States, federal body operating under the United States Secretary of the Interior. The purpose of the board is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geogr ...

.United States Board on Geographic Names (1964), ''Decisions on Names in the United States, Decision List 6401'', Department of the Interior, p. 55 The landform's name "gobbler" refers to

turkeys The turkey is a large bird in the genus ''Meleagris'', native to North America. There are two extant turkey species: the wild turkey (''Meleagris gallopavo'') of eastern and central North America and the ocellated turkey (''Meleagris ocell ...

which miners of the Big Cottonwood Mining District tried raising when their mining income ceased, but this also failed as bobcats ate the turkeys.Judy Jewell, W. C. McRae (2021), ''Moon Utah'', Avalon Publishing, In 1904, the Baker mine on the northwest slope produced gold ore and copper.

Climate

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File:Gobblers Knob in Utah.jpg, Northeast aspect File:Gobblers Knob, nw.jpg, Northwest aspect File:Gobblers Knob from southeast.jpg, Southeast aspect File:Mount Raymond and Gobblers Knob.jpg, Mount Raymond (left) and Gobblers Knob (right) from southeast File:Gobblers Knob, Big Cottonwood Canyon.jpg, Southeast aspect of Gobblers Knob seen from

Big Cottonwood Canyon Big Cottonwood Canyon is a canyon in the Wasatch Range southeast of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The -long canyon provides hiking, biking, picnicking, rock-climbing, camping, and fishing in the summer. Its two ski resorts, Bright ...

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