• A water drop clings onto the edge of a orange stalactite, surrounded by white stalactites.

    Timpanogos Cave

    National Monument Utah

Environmental Factors

Collecting a water sample from a stalagtite for analysis.

Ranger Cami McKinney collects a cave water sample off of a stalagmite for analysis.

NPS

Many environmental factors or issues affect the condition of the park's resources. The issues highlighted here are: nonnative species, water quality, weather conditions, and White Nose Syndrome.

Did You Know?

Mt Timpanogos

At an elevation of 11,750 ft, Mt. Timpanogos is the 2nd highest mountain in Utah’s Wasatch Range.  The word Timpanogos (tim´p?­no´gas) comes from the Timpanogots Ute tribe who lived in the surrounding valleys from A.D. 1400.  The name translates as rock (tumpi-), and water mouth or canyon (panogos).