Smith Peak
Highest point
Elevation7,756 ft (2,364 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence951 ft (290 m)[2]
Coordinates37°55′36″N 119°44′06″W / 37.926782719°N 119.735049008°W / 37.926782719; -119.735049008[1]
Geography
LocationYosemite National Park
Tuolumne County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Climbing
Easiest routeTrail hike (class 1)[3]

Smith Peak, in Yosemite National Park in the United States, overlooks the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and provides grand vistas of the Hetch Hetchy Valley and surrounding wilderness. It is named for a sheep owner who claimed to own the Hetch Hetchy Valley and used it as a summer pasture.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Smith". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce.
  2. "Smith Peak, California". Peakbagger.com.
  3. "Smith Peak". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  4. Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. p. 335.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.