Jacob Peak

Jacob Peak is a 6,873-foot rock formation in Zion National Park in southwestern Utah and one of the Three Patriarchs, alongside Abraham Peak and Isaac Peak, standing north of the other two. Its name comes from an early phase of naming in Zion after the area was first designated Mukuntuweap National Monument by geologist John Wesley Powell and then brought wider attention through Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh’s writings and illustrations. Soon afterward, Methodist minister Frederick Vining Fisher, exploring with two Latter-day Saint youths, gave many summits biblical names, and this group was named for patriarchs. Jacob Peak still reflects that biblical naming tradition.

Springdale, Utah · United States