Thousand Lake Mountain

Thousand Lake Mountain is a mountain in northwest Wayne County, Utah, United States, just northwest of Capitol Reef National Park and north of Boulder Mountain.[3]

Thousand Lake Mountain
Thousand Lake Mountain from the south near Teasdale, October 2004
Highest point
Elevation11,300 ft (3,444.2 m)  NAVD 88[1]
Prominence2,346 ft (715 m) [2]
Listing
Coordinates38°25′01″N 111°28′45″W [1]
Geography
Thousand Lake Mountain
Location in Utah
LocationWayne County, Utah
United States
Parent rangeAquarius Plateau
Topo mapUSGS Flat Top
Climbing
Easiest routeHike

Description

Thousand Lake Mountain is surrounded by several small towns (Loa, Lyman, Fremont, Bicknell, Teasdale, and Torrey). The areas on and around Thousand Lake Mountain are used for farming, camping, hiking, horseback riding, hunting, and fishing. Thousand Lake Mountain is located in the easternmost section of Fishlake National Forest. A section of the Great Western Trail traverses the mountain from north to south. Thousand Lake Mountain is covered in boulders while Boulder Mountain has many lakes. There are several stories supposing to explain the mismatched names, most feasibly a cartographer writing the names he had been given on the wrong hills and not catching the mistake before maps were published.

See also

References
  1. "Thousand Lake Mtn". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  2. "Thousand Lake Mountain, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thousand Lake Mountain


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