Sepulcher Mountain, elevation , is a moderate mountain peak in northwest
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowst ...
halfway between the summit of
Electric Peak
Electric Peak is the tallest mountain in the Gallatin Range of southern Montana, close to the Wyoming border and rises to an altitude of . The peak has some of the greatest physical relief in Yellowstone National Park, rising above its base.
E ...
and
Mammoth Hot Springs
Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park adjacent to Fort Yellowstone and the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District. It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the ...
. The peak was named ''
Sepulcher
A tomb ( grc-gre, τύμβος ''tumbos'') is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called ''immureme ...
'' by U.S. Army Captain
John W. Barlow in 1871 because of its resemblance to a crypt when viewed from
Gardiner, Montana
Gardiner is a unincorporated community in Park County, Montana, United States, along the 45th parallel. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 833.
Gardiner was officially founded in 1880. The area has s ...
.
The summit of Sepulcher Mountain can be reached by a trail from the mouth of Clematis Creek at Mammoth Hot Springs.
Gallery
File:SepulcherMountainElectricPeakYNP1966.jpg, Sepulcher with Electric Peak behind, 1966
File:SepulcherMountainYNP1977.jpg, Sepulcher Mountain, NW, 1977
File:View of Gardiner, MT from Sepulcher Mountain.jpg, View of Gardiner, Montana
Gardiner is a unincorporated community in Park County, Montana, United States, along the 45th parallel. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 833.
Gardiner was officially founded in 1880. The area has s ...
from close to the summit
See also
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Mountains and mountain ranges of Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park, located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, though the park also extends into Montana and Idaho and its Mountains and Mountain Ranges are part of the Rocky Mountains. There are at least 70 named mountain peaks o ...
References
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Mountains of Park County, Wyoming
Mountains of Yellowstone National Park
Mountains of Wyoming