Rishel Peak

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Coordinates: 40°49′00″N 113°57′18″W / 40.8165958°N 113.9550075°W / 40.8165958; -113.9550075
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Rishel Peak
South aspect, from Bonneville Salt Flats
Highest point
Elevation6,212 ft (1,893 m)[1]
Prominence852 ft (260 m)[2]
Parent peakTetzlaff Peak (6,267 ft)[3]
Isolation2.65 mi (4.26 km)[3]
Coordinates40°49′00″N 113°57′18″W / 40.8165958°N 113.9550075°W / 40.8165958; -113.9550075[4]
Naming
EtymologyWilliam David "Bill" Rishel[5]
Geography
Rishel Peak is located in Utah
Rishel Peak
Rishel Peak
Location in Utah
Rishel Peak is located in the United States
Rishel Peak
Rishel Peak
Rishel Peak (the United States)
Location
class 2 hiking[3]

Rishel Peak is a 6,212-foot elevation (1,893 m) mountain summit located in Tooele County, Utah, United States.

Description

Rishel Peak is situated in the

Pierce-Arrow onto its surface.[4][6][7]

Climate

Rishel Peak is set in the

drop sharply
after sunset. Summer nights are comfortably cool. Winter highs are generally above freezing, and winter nights are bitterly cold, with temperatures often dropping well below freezing.

Gallery

  • Rishel Peak
    Rishel Peak
  • Rishel Peak (left) and Tetzlaff Peak (center) seen from Volcano Peak. Further in the distance are Graham Peak and Jenkins Peak.
    Rishel Peak (left) and Tetzlaff Peak (center) seen from Volcano Peak.
    Further in the distance are Graham Peak and Jenkins Peak.
  • Volcano Peak (left), Rishel Peak (left of center) and Tetzlaff Peak (right) from Bonneville Salt Flats
    Volcano Peak (left), Rishel Peak (left of center) and Tetzlaff Peak (right) from Bonneville Salt Flats
  • Rishel Peak (left) and Tetzlaff Peak (right)
    Rishel Peak (left) and Tetzlaff Peak (right)
  • Rishel Peak
    Rishel Peak
  • Rishel Peak from Bonneville Salt Flats
    Rishel Peak from Bonneville Salt Flats

See also

References

  1. ^ United States Geological Survey topographical map - Tetzlaff Peak
  2. ^ "Rishel Peak, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  3. ^ a b c "Rishel Peak - 6,212' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  4. ^ a b "Rishel Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  5. ^ United States Board on Geographic Names (1960), Decisions on Names in the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Decision List 6001, Department of the Interior, p. 52
  6. ^ Hanna, Tim (2005). One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro.
  7. ISBN 9781556507267
    , p. 47
  8. ISSN 1027-5606
    .

External links
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