Mount Powell (Utah)

Mount Powell
Mount Powell

Location in Utah

Highest point
Elevation 13,165 ft (4,013 m)  NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 799 ft (244 m) [1]
Parent peak Kings Peak[2]
Coordinates 40°47′45″N 110°25′30″W / 40.7957781°N 110.4248831°W / 40.7957781; -110.4248831Coordinates: 40°47′45″N 110°25′30″W / 40.7957781°N 110.4248831°W / 40.7957781; -110.4248831 [3]
Geography
Location Summit County, Utah, U.S.
Parent range Uinta Mountains
Topo map USGS Mount Powell

Mount Powell is a mountain in the Uinta Mountains in Northeastern Utah and is the thirteenth highest summit in the state.[1] The peak is named after USGS Director John Wesley Powell.[4] The summit is in the High Uintas Wilderness and the Ashley National Forest.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Powell, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  2. ↑ "Key Col for Mount Powell". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Mount Powell". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  4. ↑ "Mount Powell". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2013-09-23.


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