Mount Raymond is a mountain
summit
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located in
Salt Lake County,
Utah
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, United States.
Description
Mount Raymond is set along the boundary of the
Mount Olympus Wilderness 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 ...
, with
Salt Lake City
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11 miles to the west and
Park City
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11 miles to the east. It is situated in the
Wasatch Range which is a subset of the
Rocky Mountains
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. Neighbors include
Mount Olympus
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four miles to the west,
Kesler Peak three miles southeast, and
line parent A peak's line parent is the closest higher peak on the highest ridge leading away from the peak's "key col". A col is the lowest point on the ridge between two summits and is roughly synonymous with pass, gap, saddle and notch. The highest col of ...
Gobblers Knob is 1.5 mile to the northeast. Precipitation
runoff
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from the mountain's north slope drains to Mill Creek, whereas the south slope drains to
Big Cottonwood Creek
Big Cottonwood Creek is one of the largest streams entering Salt Lake Valley from the east from the Wasatch Mountains. The creek flows through the Big Cottonwood Canyon in a westerly direction until it emerges into Salt Lake Valley about from its ...
.
Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above Big Cottonwood Canyon in 1.5 mile. This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the
United States Board on Geographic Names
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.
Gallery
File:Mount Raymond summit.jpg, Approaching summit from northeast ridge
File:Mt. Raymond.jpg, Mt. Raymond, east aspect
File:Mount Raymond and Gobblers Knob.jpg, Mount Raymond (left) and Gobblers Knob (right) from southeast
File:Mount Raymond from Big Cottonwood Canyon.jpg, East aspect from Big Cottonwood Canyon
See also
*
References
External links
* Mount Raymond
weather forecastNational Geodetic Survey Data Sheet
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Mountains of Utah
Mountains of Salt Lake County, Utah
North American 3000 m summits
Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Wasatch Range