Willard Peak

{{short description|Mountain in Box Elder and Weber counties in Utah, United States}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Willard Peak

| photo = Willard Peak on a winter day (11932891624).jpg

| photo_caption = Southeast aspect

| elevation_ft = 9763

| elevation_ref = United States Geological Survey topographical map - Mantua

| prominence_ft = 3243

| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=5437|name=Willard Peak, Utah|accessdate=2022-08-19}}

| isolation_mi = 39.7

| isolation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/16931|title=Willard Peak - 9,763' UT|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2022-08-19}}

| parent_peak = Doubletop Mountain (9,873 ft)

| etymology = Willard Richards

| map = Utah#USA

| map_caption = Location in Utah

| label_position = left

| map_size = 240

| location =

| country = United States of America

| state = Utah

| region = Box Elder / Weber

| region_type = County

| coordinates = {{coord|41.3826995|N|111.9745487|W|type:mountain_region:US-UT_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=1447379|name=Willard Peak|access-date=2022-08-19}}

| range = Wasatch Range
Rocky Mountains

| rock = Sedimentary rockWilliam T. Parry (2016), Geology of Utah's Mountains, Peaks, and Plateaus, FriesenPress, {{ISBN|9781460284131}}

| age = Cambrian

| topo = USGS Mantua

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = {{YDS|2}} hiking

}}

Willard Peak (Shoshoni: Sogo goi){{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://mlibgisservices.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=82b345020c4248a9a0a27cb1febf3072 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=mlibgisservices.maps.arcgis.com}} is a {{convert|9763|ft|m|adj=mid|elevation}} 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. 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 {{convert|5,500|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} 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.John W. Van Cott (1990), Utah Place Names, University of Utah Press, {{ISBN|9780874803457}}, p. 399 The peak was climbed in 1877 by Samuel Escue Tillman and Rogers Birnie of the Hayden Survey and used as a triangulation station.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. 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.Henry Gannett (1895), Bulletin 123 - United States Geological Survey, US Government Printing Office, page 138. Back then, "Willard's Peak" might have referred to present-day Ben Lomond Mountain.

Gallery

File:Willard Peak.jpg|Willard Peak from Ben Lomond Trail

File:Willard Peak, nw.jpg|Northwest aspect

File:Willard Peak, east.jpg|Southeast aspect

File:Willard Peak, Utah.jpg|Willard Peak from Ben Lomond Trail

File:Utah (15597470683).jpg|Northwest slope of Willard to the right. (summit not visible)

File:388tfwing-f-4.jpg|Willard Peak and Ben Lomond (right)

File:Mount Ben Lomond in Ogden Utah.jpg|Willard Peak and Ben Lomond from the south

References

External links

Willard Peak: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5784869/United%20States/Utah/Box%20Elder/Willard%20Peak weather forecast]
[https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=MR0719 National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet]

{{Geographic Location 2

| Center = Willard Peak

| North = Willard Creek

| Northeast = Black Canyon

| East = North Fork Ogden River

| Southeast = Ben Lomond

| South = Ogden

| Southwest = Great Salt Lake

| West = Willard Bay

| Northwest = Willard

}}

Category:Mountains of Utah