Name: Pitchstone Plateau

County: Teton

Authority Name: 

GNIS Entry

Longitude:  1104624W

Latitude: 441511N

Legal Description:

Elevation: 8881/2707

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Area

Origin of Name:

Plateau, elevation 8,700 feet, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., high table land between Shoshone and Lewis Lakes on north and east and Bechler and Falls Rivers, on west and south ... .

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

The highest and most eastern peak is Mount Sheridan, 10,385 feet high. From its summit, a most varied, extensive and beautiful landscape rewards one for the hard climb in reaching it. On the west, the range of vision is limited by a high plateau, in whose southern slopes head Falls River and a small branch of Lewis Fork. To this plateau we have given the name of Pitchstone Plateau. At the eastern base of this, the eye can with difficulty discern the narrow cleft in the basalt in which flows Lewis Fork, running transversely to the line of vision. Farther to the right, at the northern base of Pitchstone Plateau, we see the sparkling waters of Shoshone Lake reflecting the afternoon sun.

Source: Henry Gannett in Hayden, 1878