This Mt. Timp Legend Aid helps you find the silhouette of a legendary Indian maiden among the peaks of Mount Timpanogos, located 29 miles (46.7 km) south-southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah. (“Mt. Timp” is the short name for “Mount Timpanogos.”)
It seems that a long time ago, a young Indian maiden hiked up Mount Timpanogos...where she met her fate...and never came down from the mountain. They say the peaks of Mount Timpanogos have taken on the silhouette of this Indian maiden's body, as it lies in eternal repose.
Here is an article by Julie Woodfield that tells more about “The Legend of Timpanogos.”
In Julie's article, there is a photo of a Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic pin that shows the Indian maiden transposed beneath the numerous peaks of Mount Timpanogos...as seen from the northeast side of Mount Timpanogos. If you click on the "Deer Creek Reservoir" link in the red “Menu” section further below, you will see the Olympic pin photo.
The next time you are on the northeast side of Mount Timpanogos, up near Deer Creek Reservoir, you can open up this “Mobile-friendly” web page—and compare the positioning of the Indian maiden on the Olympic pin photo with the various peaks of Mount Timpanogos in the distance.
Conversely, if you find yourself on the southwest side of Mount Timpanogos, around the city of Lindon, Utah, you can click on the "Lindon, Utah" menu-link, and see a "reversed" version of the same 2002 Olympic pin photo—and compare the Indian maiden's lying position with the different peaks of Mount Timpanogos from that southwest side of the mountain.
(view looking southwest)
(standard view)
Image from Julie’s article
Compare the positioning of the Indian maiden on this 2002 Olympic pin photo with the equivalent peaks of Mount Timpanogos in the distance!
(view looking northeast)
(reversed view)
Image from Julie’s article
Compare the positioning of the Indian maiden on this 2002 Olympic pin photo with the equivalent peaks of Mount Timpanogos in the distance!
