Mount Sheridan

Mount Sheridan and Heart Lake

Mount Sheridan is a mountain in the Red Mountains of Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It has a height of 3,139 m and is located on the shore of Heart Lake. The mountain is named after Philip H. Sheridan, a general of the U.S. Army and one of the first who wanted to make the park under protection in order to preserve it from destruction.

History

The mountain had in its history from 1870 onwards several names. So some of the participants of the Washburn - Langford - Doane Expedition in 1870 gave him the name of Brown Mountain, while Lt. Gustavus C. Doane Yellow Mountain called him. In 1871 he was called during the Hayden expedition of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden Red Mountain. Captain John W. Barlow, also a member of the Hayden expedition, climbed the mountain on 10 August 1871, and finally called it Mount Sheridan in honor of the general. Years later, the entire mountain, the Mount Sheridan is located, Red Mountains was called.

Mount Sheridan Trail

The peak of Mount Sheridan can be reached via the approximately 5.3 -mile Mount Sheridan Trail. It all starts with the Heart Lake Trail, which begins near the southern park entrance and from the Mount Sheridan Trail turns and steep mountain runs high. In this way one obtains a special overview of the Heart Lake and the surrounding mountains of the Teton Range.