Ulysses S Grant Peak
| Ulysses S Grant Peak | |
|---|---|
| U. S. Grant Peak | |
Southeast aspect, from Island Lake | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,767 ft (4,196 m) |
| Prominence | 727 ft (222 m) |
| Parent peak | Golden Horn (13,780 ft) |
| Isolation | 1.66 mi (2.67 km) |
| Coordinates | 37°49′28″N 107°48′26″W / 37.8244338°N 107.8072341°W |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Geography | |
| Location | San Juan / San Miguel counties Colorado, US |
| Parent range | Rocky Mountains San Juan Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Ophir |
| Geology | |
| Rock type | Rhyolite |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | class 4 |
Ulysses S Grant Peak is a 13,767-foot-elevation (4,196-meter) mountain summit located on the shared boundary of San Juan County with San Miguel County, in southwest Colorado, United States. It is situated eight miles west of the community of Silverton, on land managed by San Juan National Forest and Uncompahgre National Forest. Ulysses S Grant Peak is part of the San Juan Mountains which are a subset of the Rocky Mountains, and is west of the Continental Divide. It ranks as the 119th-highest peak in Colorado, and topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises 2,400 feet (730 meters) in approximately one mile. The mountain's name, which has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, was in use in an 1896 scientific publication by Charles Whitman Cross, and listed by Henry Gannett when he published A Gazetteer of Colorado in 1906.