| Sunset Peak | |
| Elevation Ft: | 10648 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 228 |
| Isolation Mi: | 0.78 |
| Parent Peak: | Sugarloaf Mountain |
| Map: | Utah#USA |
| Label Position: | left |
| Map Size: | 240 |
| Part Type: | Protected area |
| Country: | United States |
| State: | Utah |
| Region: | Salt Lake / Utah / Wasatch |
| Region Type: | County |
| Coordinates: | 40.577°N -111.5936°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
| Range: | Wasatch Range[3] Rocky Mountains |
| Topo: | USGS Brighton |
| Easiest Route: | hiking |
Sunset Peak is a 10648feet summit in Utah, United States.
Sunset Peak is located 20.5miles southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and 2miles south of Brighton in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest.[3] It is set on, and in part forms, the boundary point that is shared by Salt Lake County, Utah County, and Wasatch County. The peak is set in the Wasatch Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's north slope drains into headwaters of Big Cottonwood Creek, whereas the east slope drains into headwaters of Snake Creek, and the south slope drains to American Fork Canyon. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2250abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Snake Creek in one mile (1.6 km). This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names,[2] and has been recorded in publications since at least 1915.[4]
Sunset Peak has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), bordering on an Alpine climate (Köppen ET), with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[5] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer.