Ensign Peak : Notes, Further reading Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ensign Peak

Mountain in Salt Lake County, Utah, US

40°47′40″N 111°53′26″W / 40.7943902°N 111.8904922°W / 40.7943902; -111.8904922^[2]GeographyLocationSalt Lake County, Utah, U.S.Parent rangeWasatch RangeTopo mapUSGS Salt Lake City NorthClimbingEasiest route0.47-mile (760 m) hike on Ensign Peak Trail

Ensign Peak (/ˈɛnsaɪn/ EN-syne)^[3] is a peak in the foothills near downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. It is approximately one mile (1.6 km) north of the Utah State Capitol and sits almost directly behind it. On July 26, 1847, Brigham Young and other early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley. The hill has religious significance in the Church's history, as Brigham Young remarked on that day that the peak was a fitting place to "set up an ensign" (Isaiah 11:12).^[4]^[5]

Ensign Peak Advisors is an investment manager for assets of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is named after Ensign Peak.^[6]

View of Salt Lake City from Ensign Peak
The Flag of the United States, Flag of Utah, and the Deseret Flag at Ensign Peak
Ensign Peak Monument

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Ensign Peak, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
^ "Ensign Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
^ "Ensign Pronunciation". Ensign. January 2005.
^ Walker, Ronald W. "A Banner is Unfurled: Mormonisms Ensign Peak" Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought Volume 26 Number 4, Winter 1993, pages 71-91.
^ Wright, Dennis A.; Westrup, Rebekah E. "Ensign Peak". BYU Religious Studies Center. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
^ Lovett, Ian; Levy, Rachael. "The Mormon Church Amassed $100 Billion. It Was the Best-Kept Secret in the Investment World.", The Wall Street Journal, Salt Lake City, 8 February 2020. Retrieved on 15 February 2020.