Editing Mapleton, Utah (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Looking down on east Mapleton, Utah, Jun 04.jpg|thumb|right|Looking down and south at east Mapleton as the base of [[Spanish Fork Peak]] (Maple Mountain), June 2004]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|32.6|sqkm|order=flip}}, all land.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mapleton city, Utah| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| accessdate=March 7, 2012}}</ref> The community lies at an elevation of {{convert|4700|ft|m}} above sea level.

The city is dominated by {{convert|10193|ft|m|adj=on}} [[Spanish Fork Peak]] to the southeast and {{convert|7533|ft|adj=on}} Ether Peak to the northeast.  Between the two mountains is Maple Canyon, which is home to Whiting Campground in the [[Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest]].  Mapleton residents continue to call Spanish Fork Peak "Maple Mountain", despite the [[U.S. Board on Geographic Names]] having opted for the name that refers to the river and canyon that form its south base.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/270180/maple-mountain.html|title=Maple Mountain: Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering: SummitPost}}</ref> The real Maple Mountain is located about 15 miles to the north, overlooking [[Provo, Utah|Provo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mountains & Rocks : SummitPost |url=https://www.summitpost.org/object_list.php?object_type=1&distance_lat_1=40.23720&distance_lon_1=-111.59720&force_map_mobile=1 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.summitpost.org}}</ref> The mountain has also been informally referred to as Sierra Bonita and Monument Peak. The city is bounded to the north by Hobble Creek and extends southward to the Ensign-Bickford plant in [[Spanish Fork, Utah|Spanish Fork]]. The Mapleton Lateral Canal crosses the eastern side of the city, and the [[Bureau of Reclamation]] began piping it in 2007.