Mount Van Cott, mountain in the Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

Mount Van Cott is a mountain in Salt Lake County near Salt Lake City with a popular hiking trail to its summit. The peak forms a gentle ridge along a larger ridgeline and offers wide views of the city, the Great Salt Lake, and surrounding mountain ranges from the top.

The mountain is named after Lucy May Van Cott, the first dean of women at the University of Utah, who served from 1907 to 1931. She was the daughter of John Van Cott. The name links the peak to the university directly east of it.

The mountain carries the name of Lucy May Van Cott, daughter of John Van Cott and dean of women at the University of Utah from 1907 to 1931. The name ties the slope above campus to the university whose students climb it from the east side.

Most summit trails branch off the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, reached directly from the east side of the University of Utah. The most obvious route follows the scar on the southwestern flank. Trails are unmarked but in good condition, and the west-side approach is the easiest, with clearer paths.

The most obvious trail to the summit is a scar visible on the mountain's southwestern flank, branching off the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Trails are unmarked but in good condition, and the west-side approach is generally the clearest. The summit looks over the Salt Lake Valley from North Salt Lake to Point of the Mountain and Draper, with Antelope Island and the Oquirrh Range to the north and west.