Ben Lomond Peak, just north of Ogden, Utah

Ogden, Utah

Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. Ogden serves as the county seat of Weber County. The population was 82,825 according to the 2010 Census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a...

, is probably the most famous of the peaks

Summit (topography)

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 in the northern portion of the Wasatch Mountains

Wasatch Range

The Wasatch Range is a mountain range that stretches approximately from the Utah-Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States. It is generally considered the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region...

. A popular trail

Trail

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 passes over its summit (elevation 9712 feet (2,960.2 m)), accessible from four different trailhead

Trailhead

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s to the north, south, and east.

Ben Lomond stands out along the Wasatch Front

Wasatch Front

The Wasatch Front is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Utah. It consists of a chain of cities and towns stretched along the Wasatch Range from approximately Santaquin in the south to Brigham City in the north...

 because the mountain range appears to run east and west along the Wasatch Range, while most mountains appear to run south and north. Two miles northwest of Ben Lomond Peak is Willard Peak, with an elevation of 9764 feet (2,976.1 m). Northwest of Willard Peak is Inspiration Point. A dirt road

Dirt road

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 travels 14 miles (22.5 km) from Mantua, Utah

Mantua, Utah

Mantua is a town in eastern Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 687 at the 2010 census. Mantua was settled in the mid-19th Century when future LDS President and then apostle and head church authority in Box Elder County Lorenzo Snow sent settlers to the valley to grow flax....

 to Inspiration Point. The road is usually not passable until July due to deep snow

Snow

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 that resists melting due to the area's northern exposure. Atop Inspiration Point on a clear day, one can see Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...

 to the south, Willard Bay

Willard Bay

Willard Bay is a reservoir in Northern Utah.- Geography :Willard Bay is a freshwater reservoir located in eastern Box Elder County, Utah, north-west of the city of Ogden, on the north-eastern floodplains of the Great Salt Lake. The reservoir is operated by the Weber Basin Water Conservancy...

 and the Great Salt Lake

Great Salt Lake

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 to the west, and the city of Logan, Utah

Logan, Utah

-Layout of the City:Logan's city grid originates from its Main and Center Street block, with Main Street running north and south, and Center east and west. Each block north, east, south, or west of the origin accumulates in additions of 100 , though some streets have non-numeric names...

 to the northeast.

From Inspiration Peak one can hike

Hiking

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 or bike to the summit of Ben Lomond, and then continue east to a trailhead on North Ogden Pass. The trail is listed as one of the top mountain bike

Mountain bike

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 rides in Utah. The distance from the North Ogden trailhead to the summit of Mount Ben Lomond is approximately 9 miles (14.5 km).

Ben Lomond was named after the mountain Ben Lomond

Ben Lomond

Ben Lomond , , is a distinctive mountain in the Scottish Highlands. Situated on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond, it is the most southerly of the Munros...

 in the Scottish Highlands

Scottish Highlands

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. Early settler

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s thought the mountain range resembled the Munro

Munro

A Munro is a mountain in Scotland with a height over . They are named after Sir Hugh Munro, 4th Baronet , who produced the first list of such hills, known as Munros Tables, in 1891. A Munro top is a summit over 3,000 ft which is not regarded as a separate mountain...

s.

According to some sources, the Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

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 logo, known as Majestic Mountain, was modeled after Mount Ben Lomond. It is said that William W. Hodkinson, the founder of Paramount and a native of the Ogden area, initially drew the image on a napkin during a meeting in 1914.