| Clagett Butte | |
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 View from Clagett Butte | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 8,041 ft (2,451 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 44°57′52″N110°44′06″W / 44.96444°N 110.73500°W /44.96444; -110.73500 (Clagett Butte)[1] |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming, US |
| Parent range | Gallatin Range |
| Topo map | Mammoth |
Clagett Butte el. 8,041 feet (2,451 m) is a mountain peakbutte in the Gallatin Range inYellowstone National Park. Clagett Butte is an isolated summit 1.9 miles (3.1 km) west ofMammoth Hot Springs between Clematis Creek and Snow Pass. The Snow Pass trail passes approximately .33 miles (0.53 km) south of the butte.[2]
Clagett Butte was named in 1926 by park photographer Jack Ellis Haynes and then superintendentHorace Albright to honorWilliam H. Clagett (1838–1901), the Montana Territorial Delegate who put forth theAct of Dedication bill in Congress to create Yellowstone National Park. Prior to 1926, the butte had several different names. In 1885, park guide G. L. Henderson called itTemple Mountain. That was the accepted local name for many years. In 1887, members of theArnold Hague geological survey called itSentinel Butte and later in 1897,Signal Butte but these names never became official.[3]
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