Hedges Peak
Hedges Peak, elevation 9,669 feet, is a mountain peak in the Washburn Range in Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak was named in 1895 by geologist Arnold Hague to honor Cornelius Hedges, a member of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition of 1871 and a prominent Montana lawyer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 9,669 feet
- Description: mountain in United States of America
- Also known as: “Surprise Peak” and “Three Bucks Peak”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunraven Peak and Dunraven Pass.
Dunraven Peak
Peak
Photo: Thomson200, CC0.
Dunraven Peak el. 9,869 feet is a mountain peak in the Washburn Range of Yellowstone National Park. In 1874, just two years after the park's creation, The 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, an Anglo-Irish peer, made a visit to Yellowstone in conjunction with a hunting expedition led by Texas Jack Omohundro to the Northern Rockies.
Dunraven Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dunraven Pass is a mountain pass on the Grand Loop Road between Tower and Canyon in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canyon Village.
Hedges Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Park, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.77744° or 44° 46′ 39″ northLongitude
-110.47965° or 110° 28′ 47″ westElevation
9,669 feet (2,947 metres)Open location code
85PFQGGC+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 356511285OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Hedges Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hedges Peak (bukid)”
- Cebuano: “Hedges Peak”
- Dutch: “Hedges Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هيدجيس پياك”
- German: “Hedges Peak”
- Ladin: “Hedges Peak”
- Urdu: “ہیجیز پیک”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Point Sublime and Artist Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Washburn Hot Springs Overlook and Dunraven Pass Trailhead.
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