Willard Peak

Mountain in the American state of Utah

Willard Peak

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Willard Peak

Willard Peak (the United States)

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CountryUnited States of AmericaStateUtahCountyBox Elder / WeberParent rangeWasatch Range
Rocky MountainsTopo mapUSGS MantuaGeologyAge of rockCambrian^[5]Type of rockSedimentary rock^[5]ClimbingEasiest routeclass 2 hiking^[3]

Willard Peak (Shoshoni: Sogo goi)^[6] is a 9,763-foot elevation (2,976 m) 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 5,500 feet (1,700 meters) 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.

Gallery

Willard Peak from Ben Lomond Trail
Northwest aspect
Southeast aspect
Willard Peak from Ben Lomond Trail
Northwest slope of Willard to the right. (summit not visible)
Willard Peak and Ben Lomond (right)
Willard Peak and Ben Lomond from the south

References

^ United States Geological Survey topographical map - Mantua
^ ^a ^b "Willard Peak, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Willard Peak - 9,763' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
^ ^a ^b "Willard Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
^ ^a ^b William T. Parry (2016), Geology of Utah's Mountains, Peaks, and Plateaus, FriesenPress, ISBN 9781460284131
^ "ArcGIS Web Application". mlibgisservices.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
^ John W. Van Cott (1990), Utah Place Names, University of Utah Press, ISBN 9780874803457, p. 399
^ 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.
^ Henry Gannett (1895), Bulletin 123 - United States Geological Survey, US Government Printing Office, page 138.