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{{Short description|Mountain in Wyoming, United States}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Humphreys
| photo = Mount Humphreys, Wyoming.jpg
| photo_caption = Northeast aspect
| elevation_ft = 11019
| elevation_ref =<ref name=pb>{{cite peakbagger|pid=132497|title=Mount Humphreys, Wyoming|access-date=2024-10-18}}</ref>
| prominence_ft = 522
| prominence_ref =<ref name=peakvisor>{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/mount-humphreys-i8rh2ps2.html|title=Mount Humphreys, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2024-10-18}}</ref>
| isolation_mi = 0.63
| isolation_ref =<ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/7578|title=Humphreys, Mount - 11,009' WY|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-10-18}}</ref>
| parent_peak = [[Mount Schurz]] (11,007 ft)<ref name="listsofjohn"/>
| country = United States
| state = [[Wyoming]]
| region = [[Park County, Wyoming|Park]]
| region_type = County
| part_type = Protected&nbsp;area | part = [[Yellowstone National Park]]<br />[[Washakie Wilderness]]
| range = [[Absaroka Range]]<br />[[Rocky Mountains]]
| etymology = [[Andrew A. Humphreys]]
| map = Wyoming#USA
| label_position = right
| map_size = 270
| map_caption = Location in Wyoming
| coordinates = {{coord|44.3327013|N|110.0619653|W|type:mountain_region:US-WY_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|id=1589807|name=Mount Humphreys|access-date=2024-10-18}}</ref>
| topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] ''Eagle Peak''
| type =
| age = [[Tertiary]]<ref name=USGS>[https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_9475.htm ''Geologic map of Yellowstone National Park''], US Geological Survey, 1972.</ref>
| rock = [[Andesite|Andesitic]] [[Volcanic rock]]<ref name=USGS/>
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
}}
'''Mount Humphreys''' is an {{convert|11019|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain [[summit]] in [[Park County, Wyoming|Park County]], [[Wyoming]], United States.
==Description==
Mount Humphreys is set on the boundary that [[Yellowstone National Park]] shares with [[Washakie Wilderness]]. It ranks as the sixth-highest peak in the park.<ref name="listsofjohn"/> The mountain is located {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} east of [[Yellowstone Lake]], {{convert|0.62|mi|km}} southeast of [[Mount Schurz]] which is the nearest higher peak,<ref name=peakvisor/> and {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} northwest of [[Eagle Peak (Wyoming)|Eagle Peak]], the park's highest point. The mountain is part of the [[Absaroka Range]].<ref name="pb"/> Precipitation runoff from the mountain's south and west slopes drains into headwaters of Trappers Creek which is a tributary of the [[Yellowstone River]], whereas the northeast slope drains into headwaters of Eagle Creek which is a tributary of the [[Shoshone River]]. [[Topographic relief]] is significant as the summit rises over {{convert|2600.|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Eagle Creek in one mile. Volcanoes of the early [[Eocene]] supplied the material that formed the mountain 50–55 million years ago, and here created the rugged terrain in Yellowstone Park. The mountain was named in 1871 by Captain J.W. Barlow for General [[Andrew A. Humphreys]] (1810–1883), at that time the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army.<ref name="gnis"/><ref>Hiram Martin Chittenden, ''The Yellowstone National Park'', Books on Demand, 2018, {{ISBN|9783734039157}}, p. 209.</ref> Andrew Humphreys supported [[Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden]]'s [[Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden#Yellowstone|1871 survey of Yellowstone]], and later was helpful in establishing the [[United States Geological Survey]].<ref>W. Andrew Marcus, ''Atlas of Yellowstone'', Univ of California Press, 2012, {{ISBN|9780520271555}}, p. 245.</ref> The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1930 by the [[United States Board on Geographic Names]].<ref name="gnis"/>
==Climate==
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Mount Humphreys is located in a [[subarctic climate]] zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 |page=1633 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |s2cid=9654551 | issn = 1027-5606|doi-access=free }}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below 0&nbsp;°F with wind chill factors below −10&nbsp;°F.
== Gallery ==
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File:Mt. Humphreys and Mt. Schurz from Eagle Peak ridge.jpg|Southeast aspect of Mt. Humphreys, (with Mt. Schurz to right)
File:Mt. Humphreys and Trappers Creek headwaters.jpg|South aspect
File:Mt. Humphreys and Mt. Schurz.jpg|Mount Humphreys (left) and Mount Schurz (right) viewed from northeast above Eagle Creek drainage.
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==See also==
* [[List of mountains and mountain ranges of Yellowstone National Park]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5828162/United%20States/Wyoming/Park/Mount%20Humphreys Mount Humphreys]
{{Mountains of Wyoming}}
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{{Geographic Location 2
| Center    = Mount Humphreys
| North     = [[Atkins Peak]]
| Northeast = Eagle Creek
| East      = [[Washakie Wilderness]]
| Southeast = [[Eagle Peak (Wyoming)|Eagle Peak]]
| South     = [[Table Mountain (Yellowstone National Park)|Table Mountain]]
| Southwest = [[Colter Peak]]
| West      = [[Yellowstone National Park]]
| Northwest = [[Mount Schurz]]
}}
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[[Category:Mountains of Park County, Wyoming]]
[[Category:Mountains of Wyoming]]
[[Category:North American 3000 m summits]]
[[Category:Mountains of Yellowstone National Park]]
[[Category:Shoshone National Forest]]