Sepulcher Mountain

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Sepulcher Mountain
Sepulcher Mountain, 2009
Elevation	9,642 ft (2,939 m)^[1]
Location
Sepulcher Mountain Northeast Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming, U.S.
Range	Gallatin Range
Coordinates	44°59′25″N 110°46′01″W / 44.99028°N 110.76694°W / 44.99028; -110.76694Coordinates: 44°59′25″N 110°46′01″W / 44.99028°N 110.76694°W / 44.99028; -110.76694^[1]
Topo map	Quadrant Mountain

Sepulcher Mountain el. 9,642 feet (2,939 m) is a moderate mountain peak in northwest Yellowstone National Park halfway between the summit of Electric Peak and Mammoth Hot Springs. The peak was named Sepulcher by Captain John W. Barlow, U.S. Army in 1871 because of it resemblance to a crypt when viewed from Gardiner, Montana.^[2]

The summit of Sepulcher Mountain can be reached by a 7.2 miles (11.6 km) trail from the mouth of Clematis Creek at Mammoth Hot Springs.^[3]

Images of Sepulcher Mountain

Sepulcher with Electric Peak behind, 1966

Sepulcher Mountain, NW, 1977

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sepulcher Mountain". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
↑ Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). Yellowstone Place Names-Mirrors of History. Niwot, Colorado: University of Colorado Press. p. 226. ISBN 0-87081-383-8.
↑ Schneider, Bill (2003). Hiking Yellowstone National Park. Guilford, CT: Falcon Press. pp. 132–134. ISBN 0-7627-2539-7.

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