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Mount Sheridan

Mountain in Wyoming, United States

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name	Mount Sheridan
photo	MountSheridanFromHeartLake.jpg
photo_caption	Mount Sheridan from Heart Lake
elevation_ft	10313
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prominence_ft	2308
range	Red Mountains
location	Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, U.S.
map	USA Wyoming
coordinates
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topo	Shoshone

Mount Sheridan, elevation 10313 ft, is a prominent mountain peak overlooking Heart Lake in the Red Mountains of Yellowstone National Park. The peak is named in honor of General Philip H. Sheridan, U.S. Army, one of the early protectors of the park.

History

Members of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition in 1870 gave this mountain the name of Brown Mountain, while Lt. Gustavus C. Doane, also a member of the expedition named the mountain Yellow Mountain. In 1871 during the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871 Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden named the peak Red Mountain. Also in 1871, Captain John W. Barlow, a military member of the Hayden expedition ascended the peak on August 10, 1871 and named it Mount Sheridan to honor the general. Years later the name Red Mountain was given to the entire range in which Mount Sheridan sits.

Mount Sheridan Trail

The summit can be reached via the Mount Sheridan Trail 3.9 mi which spurs off the Heart Lake Trail at the northwest corner of Heart Lake. This is a steep climb of 3000 ft in 3 mi, but provides extraordinary views of the park in all directions and the Teton Range to the southwest. File:HeartLakeMountSheridanYNPJackson1878.jpg|Heart Lake and Mountain Sheridan, 1878, William Henry Jackson File:MountSheridanHeartLakeYNPca1890.jpg|Heart Lake and Mount Sheridan, ca1890 File:MountSheridanSEYNP1973.jpg|Mount Sheridan from the southeast, 1973 File:Mount SheridanandTetonsYNP1989.jpg|Mount Sheridan and Tetons, 1989 File:Mount Sheridan YNP June 2011.JPG|From West Thumb, Yellowstone Lake, June 2011

Notes

References

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Whittlesey, Lee. (1988). "Yellowstone Place Names". Montana Historical Society Press.
Schneider, Bill. (2003). "Hiking Yellowstone National Park". Falcon Press.

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