Mount Mellenthin map

Mount Mellenthin

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3 856 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

212 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 2 813 m

About

Mount Mellenthin is a 12,645-foot (3,854 meter) elevation summit located in San Juan County of Utah, United States. Mount Mellenthin is the second-highest peak of the La Sal Mountains, and second-highest in the county. It is situated in a dry, rugged, sparsely settled region, and set on land administered by Manti-La Sal National Forest. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into tributaries of the Colorado River. The nearest town is Moab, 20 mi (32 km) to the northwest, and the nearest higher neighbor is Mount Peale, 1.7 mi (2.7 km) to the south. The mountain's name honors Rudolf E. Mellenthin (1884–1918), forest ranger of La Sal National Forest, who was shot to death near this peak on August 23, 1918, while attempting to apprehend two draft evaders. This geographical feature's toponym was officially adopted in 1932 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

By elevation Mount Mellenthin is

# 2 out of 5677 in the Colorado Plateau
# 19 out of 3409 in Utah
# 2 out of 358 in San Juan County
# 2 out of 214 in Manti-La Sal National Forest
# 2 out of 82 in the La Sal Mountains

By prominence Mount Mellenthin is

# 45 out of 358 in San Juan County
# 30 out of 214 in Manti-La Sal National Forest
# 9 out of 82 in the La Sal Mountains