Mount Emmons (or Emmons Peak) is a summit in
Duchesne County
Duchesne County ( ) is a county in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 19,596. Its county seat is Duchesne, and the largest city is Roosevelt.
History
Much of Duchesne 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
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. It is located within the
Ashley National Forest
Ashley National Forest is a United States National Forest, National Forest located in northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming. Within the Forest's bounds are (with in Utah and in Wyoming) of vast forests, lakes, and mountains, with elevati ...
and the
High Uintas Wilderness
The High Uintas Wilderness is a wilderness area located in northeastern Utah, United States. The wilderness covers the Uinta Mountains, encompassing parts of Duchesne and Summit counties. Designated as a wilderness in 1984, the area is located ...
. It is situated about southeast of
Kings Peak and has an elevation of .
It was named for geologist
Samuel Franklin Emmons
Samuel Franklin Emmons (March 29, 1841 – March 28, 1911) was an American geologist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1861 and studied at the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, ''Eco ...
(as was another peak in
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
).
Mount Emmons is also the name of a very small community southeast of the town of
Altamont, Utah.
and about south of Emmons Peak.
See also
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List of mountains in Utah
Mountains in Utah are numerous and have varying elevations and prominences.
Kings Peak (Utah), Kings Peak, in the Uinta Mountains in Duchesne County, Utah, is the highest point in the state and has the greatest prominence. It has elevation an ...
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Mount Emmons (Colorado)
Mount Emmons is a mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains in north-central Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.
Description
The peak is located within the Gunnison National Forest, west-northwest ( bearing 288Â ...
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Mountains of Utah
Mountains of Duchesne County, Utah
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