Mount Agassiz, High Uintas Wilderness

Name: Mount Agassiz
Address: High Uintas Wilderness, United States

#3 among attractions in High Uintas Wilderness

Natural attraction, Vernacular architecture, Mountain

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Mount Agassiz is a peak in the Uinta Mountains of northeastern Utah with an elevation of 12,433 feet. It is located in the High Uintas Wilderness and the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. The summit is named in honor of Louis Agassiz, a well-known paleontologist, glaciologist and geologist. ()

Elevation: 12433 ftProminence: 1018 ftCoordinates: 40°42'40"N, 110°49'26"W

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High Uintas Wilderness United States

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Mount Agassiz – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mirror Lake, Bald Mountain, Cuberant Lake, Hayden Peak.

3.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Vernacular architecture
Mirror Lake, Wasatch–Cache National Forest
87 min walk • Mirror Lake is a lake in the high Uinta Mountains in Utah. It is a popular fishing and recreation spot. The lake contains three species of trout: rainbow, brook, and tiger.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Vernacular architecture
Bald Mountain, Wasatch–Cache National Forest
107 min walk • Bald Mountain is a 11,949-foot peak in the western Uinta Mountain Range in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest on the border between Summit and Wasatch counties in northeastern Utah, United States.
5.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Cuberant Lake, Wasatch–Cache National Forest
130 min walk • Cuberant Lake is a lake in the Uinta Mountains in Summit County, Utah, United States. It is also within the Kamas Ranger District of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and about 3,500 feet northwest of Mount Marsell.
1.9 miNW
Natural attraction, Vernacular architecture, Mountain
Hayden Peak, High Uintas Wilderness
50 min walk • Hayden Peak is a peak on the western edge of the High Uintas Wilderness in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in the western Uinta Mountain Range Summit County, Utah, United States.
4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kletting Peak, Wasatch–Cache National Forest
101 min walk • Kletting Peak is a mountain in Summit County, Utah, named in 1964 for Utah architect Richard K.A. Kletting. It is in the High Uintas Wilderness and the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
4 miSE
Natural attraction, Lake
Dean Lake, High Uintas Wilderness
102 min walk • Dean Lake is a lake in the northwestern corner of Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The lake is one of the four lakes located in the Four Lakes Basin within the High Uintas Wilderness in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
4.2 miSW
Mountain pass, Nature
Bald Mountain Pass, Wasatch–Cache National Forest
107 min walk • Bald Mountain Pass is a high mountain pass in the high Uinta Mountains in Duchesne County in eastern Utah. United States. It is the highest point on the Mirror Lake Highway, near the trailhead for Bald Mountain.