# Mount Holmes

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See also: [Mount Holmes (Antarctica)](/source/Mount_Holmes_(Antarctica))

**Mount Holmes** is a prominent mountain peak in [Yellowstone National Park](/source/Yellowstone_National_Park). It is the tallest mountain in the Wyoming portion of the [Gallatin Range](/source/Gallatin_Range). Mount Holmes is located in the northwestern part of the park and marks the southern terminus of the Gallatin Range. It is the source of Indian Creek, a tributary of the [Gardner River](/source/Gardner_River).

There was a historic fire watch tower near the top of Mount Holmes, before it was burned due to a lightning strike.[1] The [Bannock Trail](/source/Trails_of_Yellowstone_National_Park#Bannock_Trail) crosses the mountains close to Mount Holmes.

## History

An 1860 map by Captain [William F. Raynolds](/source/William_F._Raynolds) showed this peak as *Mount Gallatin*. Prior to 1878, the peak was routinely referred to as *Mount Madison* because of its proximity to the [Madison River](/source/Madison_River). In 1878 [Henry Gannett](/source/Henry_Gannett) and geologist [William H. Holmes](/source/William_H._Holmes), members of the third Hayden Geologic Survey, ascended the peak. Gannett named the peak *Mount Holmes*.[2]

The summit of Mount Holmes can be reached via the 10.8 miles (17.4 km) Mount Holmes-Winter Creek trail. The trailhead is located near Apollonaris Spring on the Mammoth-Norris section of the [Grand Loop Road](/source/Grand_Loop_Road_Historic_District).[3]

## See also

- [Mountains and mountain ranges of Yellowstone National Park](/source/Mountains_and_mountain_ranges_of_Yellowstone_National_Park)
- [Mount Holmes (Utah)](/source/Mount_Holmes_(Utah))

## Notes

1. ["Historic Mount Holmes Fire Lookout in Yellowstone Park burns down after lightning strike"](https://ktvq.com/news/local-news/2019/07/17/historic-mount-holmes-fire-lookout-in-yellowstone-parks-burns-down-after-lightning-strike/). *KTVQ.com*. 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2019-07-18.

1. Whittlesey, Lee (1988). *Yellowstone Place Names*. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 105. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.

1. Schneider, Bill (2003). *Hiking Yellowstone National Park*. Guilford, CT: Falcon Press. pp. 129–131. ISBN 0-7627-2539-7.

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