| Saddle Mountain | |
| Elevation Ft: | 10670 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 1870 |
| Isolation Mi: | 3.99 |
| Isolation Ref: | [2] |
| Parent Peak: | Castor Peak (10,866 ft) |
| Location: | Yellowstone National Park Park County, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Range: | Absaroka Range Rocky Mountains |
| Map: | Wyoming#USA |
| Label Position: | bottom |
| Map Size: | 270 |
| Coordinates: | 44.7104°N -109.9842°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
| Topo: | USGS Pollux Peak |
Saddle Mountain is a 10670feet mountain summit located in Yellowstone National Park, in Park County, Wyoming, United States.[3]
The peak is situated in the northeast quadrant of Yellowstone National Park and is the 20th-highest peak within the park.[4] It is part of the Absaroka Range, which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. Neighbors include Little Saddle Mountain 1.5 mile to the southwest, Castor Peak 3.98 miles to the south-southeast, and Pollux Peak 4.07 miles to the southeast on the opposite side of the Lamar River Valley.[1] Topographic relief is significant as the southeast aspect rises 2900abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Lamar River in approximately two miles. The mountain's name, which was officially adopted in 1930 by the United States Board on Geographic Names,[5] was in use before 1899 when Henry Gannett published it in A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States.[6]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Saddle Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[7] Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Lamar River.