Antler Peak
Antler Peak from the northwest
Highest point
Elevation10,063 ft (3,067 m)[1]
Prominence943 ft (287 m)[1]
ListingList of mountains in the United States
Coordinates44°52′07″N 110°50′11″W / 44.86861°N 110.83639°W / 44.86861; -110.83639[2]
Geography
Parent rangeGallatin Range
Topo mapMount Holmes

Antler Peak, el. 10,063 feet (3,067 m) is a prominent mountain peak in the Gallatin Range in Yellowstone National Park. The peak was originally named Bell's Peak in honor of an Assistant Secretary of the Interior by either Philetus Norris, the second park superintendent or W.H.Holmes, a U.S. Geological Survey geologist in 1878. However, in 1885, Arnold Hague of the U.S. Geological Survey renamed the peak Antler Peak because of the numerous shed elk and deer antlers found on its slopes.[3]

Although Antler Peak is clearly visible from the Grand Loop Road as it passes through Swan Lake Flats and the Indian Creek area, there are no maintained trails to the summit. The Bighorn Pass Trail, with its trailhead at Indian Creek passes approximately 2 miles (3 km) north of the peak.

Images of Antler Peak
  • Antler Peak from Indian Creek, ca 1890

    Antler Peak from Indian Creek, ca 1890

  • Antler Peak, 1964

    Antler Peak, 1964

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Antler Peak". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. ^ "Antler Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  3. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.
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