Earth:Timber Top Mountain

Short description: Summit in Zion National Park, Utah

Timber Top Mountain
Timber Top Mountain, northwest aspect
Highest point
Elevation	8,055 ft (2,455 m)
Prominence	1,335 ft (407 m)
Parent peak	Horse Ranch Mountain (8,726 ft)
Isolation	3.91 mi (6.29 km)
Coordinates
Geography
Timber Top Mountain Location in Utah Timber Top Mountain Timber Top Mountain (the United States)
Location	Zion National Park Washington County, Utah, United States
Parent range	Colorado Plateau
Topo map	USGS Kolob Arch
Geology
Age of rock	Jurassic
Type of rock	Navajo sandstone
Climbing
Easiest route	class 5.11d Climbing

Timber Top Mountain is an 8,055-foot (2,455 m) mountain summit located in the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park, in Washington County, Utah, United States. Its nearest higher neighbor is Horse Ranch Mountain, 3.9 mi (6.3 km) to the north-northeast, Nagunt Mesa is immediately north, and Tucupit Point is situated 2.8 mi (4.5 km) to the north. Timber Top Mountain is the second-highest peak in Zion Park, following only Horse Ranch Mountain. Walls of Navajo sandstone encircle this mesa-like feature, ranging from 400-ft high on along the south side, up to 2,000 feet on the north aspect. Kolob Arch is set on the lower southeast cliff of the mountain, and Shuntavi Butte forms the west tip of the mountain. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Timber Creek, which is within the Virgin River drainage basin.

See also

• Geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area
• Colorado Plateau

Gallery

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  Timber Top Mountain with Shuntavi Butte

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  Timber Top Mountain, with Shuntavi Butte (7,080-ft} far right

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  Timber Top Mtn

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  Nagunt Mesa (left), Timber Top (center and right)

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  Shuntavi Butte

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  The July 2003 Timber Top Mountain fire was a lightning-ignited wildland fire that burned in mixed brush, fir and ponderosa pine

External links

• Wikimedia Commons: Timber Top Mountain
• Zion National Park National Park Service
• Weather: Timber Top Mountain