For those interested in locating the cave mentioned in Theo's story
at
http://www.softcom.net/users/vtown/coloradospring.html (Shavertron.com>Contents>Mundus Subterraneus) the most
famous location for any Table Mountain in WY seems to be the one
located in the Grand Tetons: "Grand Teton National Park/Targhee
National Forest" as described at
http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=R17
Here is a list of Table Mountain locations in WY from TopoZone (
http://www.topozone.com/viewmaps.asp?method==place&
placename==table+mountain&statefips=V
). Obviously there is huge range covered, as the latitude alone
varies by nearly 4 degrees:
Place County State Type Elevation* USGS Quad Lat Lon
Table Mountain Albany WY summit 7905 feet Millbrook 41.286ºN 105.974ºW
Table Mountain Big Horn WY summit 5711 feet Black Mtn 44.513ºN
107.699ºW
Table Mountain Big Horn WY summit 4740 feet Burlington 44.467ºN
108.377ºW
Table Mountain Carbon WY summit 8775 feet Ferris 42.125ºN 107.176ºW
Table Mountain Converse WY summit 5672 feet Orpha
42.758ºN 105.555ºW
Table Mountain Crook WY summit 4933 feet Sugarloaf Mountain
44.610ºN 104.253ºW
Table Mountain Fremont WY summit 7405 feet Blue Holes 43.401ºN 109.453ºW
Table Mountain Fremont WY summit 8120 feet Mason Draw 43.551ºN 109.541ºW
Table Mountain Fremont WY summit 7303 feet Lander
42.757ºN 108.736ºW
Table Mountain Fremont WY summit 9164 feet Mount Arter SE
42.751ºN 108.752ºW
Table Mountain Goshen WY summit 4352 feet Lyman 41.875ºN 104.077ºW
Table Mountain Johnson WY summit 4851 feet Fort Reno SE 43.826ºN
106.098ºW
Table Mountain Laramie WY summit 7558 feet Hecla 41.238ºN 105.194ºW
Table Mountain Niobrara WY summit 4521 feet Shepherds Point
42.943ºN 104.185ºW
Table Mountain Park WY summit 11063 feet Eagle Peak 44.296ºN 110.055ºW
Table Mountain Park WY summit 8473 feet Wapiti 44.423ºN 109.449ºW
Table Mountain Park WY summit 8753 feet Beartooth Butte 44.900ºN
109.596ºW
Table Mountain Platte WY summit 5512 feet Coleman Butte 42.368ºN
105.095ºW
Table Mountain Teton WY summit 9987 feet Blue Miner Lake 43.503ºN
110.588ºW
Table Mountain Teton WY summit 11106 feet Grand Teton 43.747ºN 110.851ºW
Table Mountain Uinta WY summit unknown Table Mountain
41.030ºN 110.293ºW
What would be most helpful is if one could find the old Table Mountain
Ranch property first and then compare it to whatever Table Mountain is
closest to said property. There is actually one listing for such a
place in the TopoZone database:
Place County State Type Elevation* USGS
Quad Lat Lon
Table Mountain Ranch Albany WY locale unknown Buford 41.016ºN
105.336ºW
The Laramie and Albary locations for Table Mtn seem to be the most
probable fit, assuming this Ranch is even the same one in the story.
My apologies for the lousy formatting of the tabular data.
Karl
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