Altar of Sacrifice is a 7,505-foot Navajo Sandstone mountain in Zion National Park that rises about 3,500 feet above Zion Canyon and the Virgin River. Part of the Towers of the Virgin, it stands near landmarks such as The West Temple, The Sentinel, Mount Spry, Bridge Mountain, and Mount Kinesava. Methodist minister Frederick Vining Fisher gave it its striking name in 1916 during a visit to Zion Canyon, inspired by dark red hematite stains on its east wall that suggested blood spilled from above. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names officially adopted the name in 1934, and the summit remains a notable part of Zion’s early identity.