Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
Park

Mount Washburn

Mount Washburn, elevation 10,219 feet, is a prominent mountain peak in the Washburn Range in , Wyoming, United States. The peak was named in 1870 to honor Henry D.
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Photo: Eumeldingens, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 10,223 feet
  • Description: mountain of the Rocky Mountains
  • Also known as: “Elephants Back Mountain” and “Mt. Washburn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Washburn Lookout and Dunraven Pass.

Shelter
Photo: Carnildo, CC BY 2.5.
is a shelter.

Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a mountain pass on the Grand Loop Road between Tower and Canyon in , .

Peak
Photo: Thomson200, CC0.
el. 9,869 feet is a mountain peak in the Washburn Range of . 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canyon Village.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a hamlet, which is situated 5 miles southwest of Mount Washburn.

Mount Washburn

Latitude
44.79756° or 44° 47′ 51″ north
Longitude
-110.43379° or 110° 26′ 2″ west
Elevation
10,223 feet (3,116 metres)
Open location code
85PFQHX8+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 261131064
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
5842281
Wiki­data ID
Q1431845
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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Washburn from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Mount Washburn” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Mount Washburn”
  • Chinese: “沃什伯恩山”
  • Chinese: “沃什本山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Washburn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت واشبورن”
  • French: “mont Washburn”
  • French: “Mont Washburn”
  • French: “Mount Washburn”
  • German: “Mount Washburn”
  • Hebrew: “הר וושבורן”
  • Ladin: “Mount Washburn”
  • Spanish: “Monte Washburn”
  • Urdu: “ماؤنٹ واشبرن”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sevenmile Hole and Point Sublime.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dunraven Pass Trailhead and Chittenden Road Trailhead.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Washburn”. Photo: Eumeldingens, CC BY 3.0.