Willard Peak Explained

Willard Peak
Elevation Ft:9763
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:3243
Prominence Ref:[2]
Isolation Mi:39.7
Isolation Ref:[3]
Parent Peak:Doubletop Mountain (9,873 ft)
Etymology:Willard Richards
Map:Utah#USA
Label Position:left
Map Size:240
Country:United States of America
State:Utah
Region:Box Elder / Weber
Region Type:County
Coordinates:41.3827°N -111.9745°W
Coordinates Ref:[4]
Range:Wasatch Range
Rocky Mountains
Rock:Sedimentary rock[5]
Age:Cambrian
Topo:USGS Mantua
Easiest Route: hiking

Willard Peak (Shoshoni: Sogo goi)[6] is a 9763adj=midNaNadj=mid mountain summit located on the common border Box Elder County shares with Weber County in Utah, United States.

Description

Willard Peak is situated on the crest of the Wasatch Range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains, and it is set on land managed by Wasatch-Cache National Forest. The summit is the highest point in Weber County as well as the Northern Wasatch Range.[2] The town of Willard is four miles to the northwest and Ben Lomond Mountain is 1.5 mile to the southeast. The peak is located at the head of Willard Creek and precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes ultimately drains to Great Salt Lake. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 5500abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Willard Bay in four miles.

History

This landform's toponym, which refers to Willard Richards (1804–1854), has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[7] [4] The peak was climbed in 1877 by Samuel Escue Tillman and Rogers Birnie of the Hayden Survey and used as a triangulation station.[8] The survey referred to the peak as "Willard's Peak" in an 1879 published report, and "Willard Peak" has appeared in publications since at least 1895.[9] Back then, "Willard's Peak" might have referred to present-day Ben Lomond Mountain.

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Notes and References

  1. United States Geological Survey topographical map - Mantua
  2. 5437. Willard Peak, Utah. 2022-08-19.
  3. Web site: Willard Peak - 9,763' UT. listsofjohn.com. 2022-08-19.
  4. 1447379. Willard Peak. 2022-08-19.
  5. William T. Parry (2016), Geology of Utah's Mountains, Peaks, and Plateaus, FriesenPress,
  6. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . 2023-04-06 . mlibgisservices.maps.arcgis.com.
  7. John W. Van Cott (1990), Utah Place Names, University of Utah Press,, p. 399
  8. Executive Documents of the House of Representatives, Volume V, Report of the Chief of Engineers, Part III, U.S. Government Printing Office (1879), page 1529.
  9. [Henry Gannett]