Mount Ogden
Mount Ogden rises to 2,917 m in Utah. Willard Peak stands 2,976 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Allen Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away. Ogden River Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.
The story
Mount Ogden is a peak in Weber County, Utah, United States in the northern Wasatch Range. Mount Ogden has an elevation of 9,579 feet (2,920 m). The peak is popular with hikers and can be accessed via trails in three nearby canyons: Beus, Waterfall, and Taylor canyons. The summit's eastern face also has technical crack and face climbing routes. The summit accommodates several large radio towers and a helipad. Mount Ogden's eastern slope is home to Snowbasin Ski Resort, where the 2002 Winter Olympics downhill ski races were held. The resort also provides private road access to the peak.
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Wikidata Q8528276, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2917 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Ogden River Scenic Byway
- 15.1 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 15.3 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mount McKinnon Viewpoint · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Allen Peak: 0.3 mi
- The Needles: 0.6 mi
- No Name Peak: 0.7 mi
- De Moisy Peak: 1.0 mi
- Strongs Peak: 1.2 mi
- Hill Air Force Base Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
- Mount Ogden Park: 2.9 mi
- Marquardt Park: 3.0 mi
- Beus Park: 3.1 mi
- College Heights Park: 3.1 mi
- Wheeler Spring: 1.4 mi
- Bear Spring: 1.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 1.9 mi
- Ogden Hot Spring: 3.3 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 5.8 mi
- Malan Heights Resort: 1.4 mi
- Lime Kiln: 3.0 mi
- War Memorial: 4.0 mi
- NATIONAL VOTES FOR WOMEN TRAIL - SARAH E. ANDERSON: 5.0 mi
- Romrell Park Sign: 6.2 mi
- Elizabeth Dee Shaw Stewart Museum: 3.9 mi
- Treehouse Childrens Museum: 5.0 mi
- Elizabeth Stewart Treehouse Museum: 5.0 mi
- Utah State Railroad Museum: 5.3 mi
- John M. Browning Firearms Museum: 5.3 mi
- Spring Creek Day Use Area: 7.3 mi
- Fernwood Recreation Site: 7.8 mi
- Moose Hollow Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Doug Shaw Memorial Bowery: 9.3 mi
- Village Green: 14.9 mi
- The W: 2.5 mi
- Fort Buenaventura: 5.7 mi
- Tepanyaki: 9.3 mi
- Snow Horse: 9.7 mi
- Classic Fun Center: 10.4 mi
- Music Scuplture: 3.3 mi
- Louis Frederick Moench Statue: 3.3 mi
- Wildcat Statue: 3.4 mi
- Eccles Community Art Center: 4.5 mi
- The Stump: 8.7 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 5.4 mi
- Cemetery Point Beach: 6.0 mi
- Anderson Cove Beach: 6.3 mi
- Middle Inlet Beach: 7.3 mi
- Pelican Beach: 7.4 mi
- Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
- The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 14.2 mi
- Howard Slough Waterfowl Management Area: 14.7 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 18.0 mi
- Ogden Botanical Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Asian Garden: 4.4 mi
- Rasmussen Teaching Garden: 12.7 mi
- Bountiful Temple Underground Garden: 21.9 mi
- Ninth Street Crag: 4.4 mi
- Inspiration Point: 14.3 mi
- Black Bluff: 24.4 mi
- Adams Canyon Waterfall: 9.2 mi
- Adams Canyon Lower Falls: 9.4 mi
- Easter Falls: 23.4 mi
- La Plata: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Mount Ogden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willard Peak | NNW 339° | 2,976 m | 13.5 mi |
| Ben Lomond | NNW 340° | 2,960 m | 12.0 mi |
| Thurston Peak | S 169° | 2,954 m | 8.3 mi |
| Francis Peak | SSE 169° | 2,904 m | 11.8 mi |
| Snow Horse Ridge | S 170° | 2,893 m | 9.6 mi |
| Allen Peak | NNW 340° | 2,885 m | 0.3 mi |
| James Peak | NNE 19° | 2,869 m | 14.0 mi |
| Willard Mountain | NNW 338° | 2,867 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:23 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:18 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 42 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 76 | 74 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ogden NE Bench, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3412141740
Day trips start here
- Ogden · 5 mi
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