Hoyt Peak

{{short description|Summit in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Hoyt Peak

| photo = Hoyt Peak.jpg

| photo_caption = West aspect, from Avalanche Peak trail

| elevation_ft = 10506

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=31367|title=Hoyt Peak, Wyoming|accessdate=2021-11-12}}

| prominence_ft = 626

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_mi = 1.07

| isolation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/7849|title=Hoyt Peak - 10,500' WY|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2021-11-12}}

| parent_peak = Avalanche Peak (10,568 ft)

| location = Yellowstone National Park
Park County, Wyoming, U.S.

| range = Absaroka Range
Rocky Mountains

| etymology = John Wesley Hoyt

| map = Wyoming#USA

| label_position = bottom

| map_size = 280

| map_caption = Location in Wyoming

| coordinates = {{coord|44.4769457|N|110.1272028|W|type:mountain_region:US-MT_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=1600446|name=Hoyt Peak|access-date=2021-11-12}}

| topo = USGS Sylvan Lake

| type =

| rock =

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = {{YDS|2}}

}}

Hoyt Peak is a {{convert|10506|ft}} summit located on the shared border of Yellowstone National Park and North Absaroka Wilderness, in Park County, Wyoming.

It was named for John Wesley Hoyt (1831–1912), third Governor of Wyoming Territory.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n161 162]}} The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1895 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

Sylvan Pass forms the low point of the saddle between Hoyt Peak and Top Notch Peak.