La Sal Mountains
Kings Peak
Utah's highest point, deep in the High Uintas Wilderness.
Kings Peak is the high point of Utah, in Duchesne County at the crest of the Uinta Mountains inside the High Uintas Wilderness. The Utah Geological Survey's 2015 map of the Kings Peak quadrangle gives its elevation as 13,528 feet. South Kings Peak, nearby, is a separate summit.
The surrounding peaks are made of the Uinta Mountain Group, rocks the survey dates to roughly 770 to 742 million years ago. Much later, glaciers carved the cirques, basins and lakes around them. The peak is named for Clarence King, the 19th-century geologist who led the Fortieth Parallel Survey.
Henrys Fork is one of the established approaches shown on Forest Service maps. The wilderness spans the Ashley and Uinta-Wasatch-Cache national forests, so which ranger district to call depends on the trailhead.