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Mount Timpanogos

3,581 m11,749 ft
Easiest route
14.5 km+1,442 m · about 6 h · T3
Prominence
1,609 m5,279 ft
Isolation
63 km
Tonight
26°FFair · Wind 8 mph NNW

Mount Timpanogos is a 3,581 m (11,749 ft) mountain in the Wasatch Range, Utah, United States.

All facts
Elevation
3,581 m · 11,749 ft
Nearest higher peak
Mount Nebo (3,637 m)
Range
Wasatch Range
Region
Utah, United States
Protected area
Uinta National Forest
Spanish name
Monte Timpanogos
Coordinates
40.3909° N, 111.6460° W
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Route

How to get to the top of Mount Timpanogos

2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Summit Trailhead (trailhead)

Distance
14.5 kmone way
Climb
+1,442 m−320 m (4,731 ft up)
Time up
about 6 h
Difficulty
T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Mount Timpanogos elevation profile
2,5003,0003,500014.5 kmMount Timpanogos

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 1
  • Upper Dry Canyon Trailhead (trailhead)7.6 km · +1,343 m · about 4 h
    T4GPXKML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Mount Timpanogos 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 10.4 × 10.4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Mount Timpanogos terrain and contours

100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Mount Timpanogos weather

Tonight · Fair · 26°F (-3°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 8 mph NNW

Mount Timpanogos forecast for the summit, about 3,182 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,147 m.

  • Tonight26°2%8 mph NNWBase 37°
  • Sat28°34°6%6–10 mph ENEBase 39 / 49°
  • Sun28°32°19%6 mph NNWBase 39 / 47°
  • Mon29°38°6%6–10 mph SEBase 41 / 53°
  • Tue26°34°28%6–9 mph SBase 37 / 50°
  • Wed29°36°1%2–6 mph SBase 40 / 50°
  • Thu31°37°15%6 mph SSEBase 43 / 52°

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:31 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Timpanogos

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Timpanogos, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest campsite

    2.5 km N

    +2 more within 3.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    3.1 km W

    +2 more within 3.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Upper Dry Canyon Trailhead

    3.1 km W · +2 more within 5.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    T.E.R.T Station

    3.7 km ENE

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Site 3 - Double

    6.9 km NNW · +2 more within 6.9 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 13
PlaceDistance
Campsite2.5 km N
Parking3.1 km W
Upper Dry Canyon TrailheadTrailhead3.1 km W
Parking3.6 km ENE
Parking3.6 km ENE
T.E.R.T StationHut3.7 km ENE
Mount TimpanogosCampsite3.8 km ENE
Theater In The Pines Group CampsiteCampsite3.8 km ENE
Summit TrailheadTrailhead5.2 km NNE
Trailhead5.2 km NNE
Site 3 - DoubleCaravan site6.9 km NNW
Site 5Caravan site6.9 km NNW
Site 2Caravan site6.9 km NNW
Slope

How steep is the route to Mount Timpanogos?

The easiest mapped route, 14.5 km from 2,455 m to 3,581 m. Steepest stretch: 16°.

0 km · 2,455 m14.5 km · 3,581 m
  • 0–15°14.0 km
  • 15–30°0.5 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 150 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 57.8%Grassland 27.8%Bare rock / sparse 10.1%Shrubland 3.5%Built-up 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5.2 km, measured from the Mount Timpanogos summit.

NESW2 km5 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1The Shoulder3,402 m 0.7 km E
  2. 2South Timpanogos3,573 m 1.1 km SE
  3. 3Roberts Horn3,351 m 1.2 km NE
  4. 4Bomber Peak3,459 m 1.8 km NNW
  5. 5East Peak3,289 m 2.0 km ENE
  6. 6Forgotten Peak3,203 m 2.7 km NNW
  7. 7Big Baldy2,667 m 3.3 km SSW
  8. 8North Timpanogos3,487 m 3.4 km NW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.2 km; 874 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Mountain Goat158
  • Quaking aspen135
  • Leafy Jacob's ladder114
  • Blue columbine114
  • Monument plant107
  • Red baneberry105
Where it sits

Where Mount Timpanogos sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Wasatch Range13
Region
Utah36United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Wasatch Range 6
See all 13 in the Wasatch Range →
Downloads

Mount Timpanogos downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,580 m at the summit; the official height is 3,581 m.Official 3,581 m90 m model 3,535 mThis map 3,580 m

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 46 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,581 m—
USGS 3DEP lidar3,582 m+1 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)3,580 m-1 m
Copernicus GLO-303,540 m-41 m
Copernicus GLO-903,535 m-46 m

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-03)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Routes, Camping & parking
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia