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This is a summary of notable incidents that have taken place at various independently owned amusement parks, water parks or theme parks.This list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of every such event, but only those that have a significant impact on the parks or park operations, or are otherwise significantly newsworthy.
Most hikers reach the summit via the Mount Olympus Trail, which is a steep hike from the mountain base and stretches approximately 3.1 miles (5.0 km) to the summit. The last 600 vertical feet of terrain to the summit involve several short semi-technical scrambles that often cause problems for hikers, especially on the descent and have led to ...
Twin Peaks Wilderness is a 11,396 acres (46.12 km 2) wilderness area in the Wasatch Range of Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. [1] [2] The Mount Olympus Wilderness is directly north of the Twin Peaks Wilderness and separated by Utah State Route 190.
David Joseph Carpenter (born May 6, 1930), known as The Trailside Killer, [1] is an American serial killer and serial rapist known for stalking and murdering a variety of individuals on hiking trails in state parks near San Francisco, California. [2]
Mount Deception's prominence is 4,108 feet (1,252 m), making it the 17th most prominent peak in Washington. [6] Its nearest higher peak is Mount Olympus at 21.79 mi (35.07 km) to the west. [1] Mount Deception is located in the northeast portion of the Olympics Mountains just northeast of Mount Mystery between Deception Creek and Royal Creek. [5]
Mel Davis & John Veranth, High Uinta Trails (Wasatch Publishers, 1993) ISBN 0-915272-37-7; Philip L. Fradkin, Sagebrush Country: Land and the American West (The University of Arizona Press, 1989) ISBN 0-8165-1236-1; Arave, Lynn, High Uintas Wilderness (Images of Amercia) (Arcadia Publishing, 2024) ISBN 9781467160926
Mount Olympus, at 7,980 feet (2,430 m), is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains of the U.S. state of Washington. Located on the Olympic Peninsula , it is also a central feature of Olympic National Park .
Mount Olympus or Olympus Cove is a neighborhood in Millcreek, Utah built on the northwestern slopes of Mount Olympus of the Wasatch Range. It was formerly a census-designated place (CDP), but was consolidated into the Millcreek CDP for census purposes in 2010. Millcreek incorporated as a city in 2016.