Douglas Knob

Douglas Knob
Douglas Knob
Elevation 8,507 ft (2,593 m) [1]
Location
Location Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming
Range Madison Plateau
Coordinates 44°18′48″N 110°50′51″W / 44.31333°N 110.8475°W / 44.31333; -110.8475 (Douglas Knob)Coordinates: 44°18′48″N 110°50′51″W / 44.31333°N 110.8475°W / 44.31333; -110.8475 (Douglas Knob)[1]
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Douglas Knob el. 8,507 feet (2,593 m) is an isolated mountain peak in the southwest section of Yellowstone National Park. Located just east of the Littler Fork of the Bechler River at the southern extent of the Madison Plateau, Douglas Knob is named for Joseph O. Douglas. In 1962, then Assistant Chief Ranger, William S. Chapman named the summit for Douglas who was an early Park Ranger. In 1921, Douglas was the Assistant Chief Ranger as well as the park's chief Buffalo Keeper[2]. The summit is less than .25 miles (0.40 km) east of the Bechler River trail.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b "Douglas Knob". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1587752. 
  2. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1996). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. p. 90. ISBN 1599717166. 
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