Mount Hopkins (California)

Mount Hopkins
Mount Hopkins over Pioneer Basin, sunset
Elevation	12,304 ft (3,750 m) NGVD 29[1]
Location
Location	Fresno County, California, USA
Range	Sierra Nevada
Coordinates	37°27′50″N 118°48′46″W / 37.4638238°N 118.8129018°W / 37.4638238; -118.8129018Coordinates: 37°27′50″N 118°48′46″W / 37.4638238°N 118.8129018°W / 37.4638238; -118.8129018[2]
Topo map	USGS Mount Abbot
Climbing
First ascent	1934 by David Brower, Norman Clyde, and Hervey Voge [3]
Easiest route	Hike from the east [3]

Mount Hopkins is in the John Muir Wilderness north of Kings Canyon National Park. It is one of four peaks that surround Pioneer Basin, 1.4 miles (2.3 km) south-southeast of Mount Crocker, 2 miles (3.2 km) west-southwest of Mount Huntington and 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Mount Stanford. The mountain was named for Mark Hopkins, one of the builders of the Central Pacific Railroad.^[4]

References

1. ^ USGS. Mount Abbot quadrangle, California (Map). 1:24000. 7.5 Minute Topographic. http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=37.463824&lon=-118.812902&datum=nad83&zoom=4. Retrieved 2009-08-11. 
2. ^ "Mount Hopkins". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:261461. Retrieved 2008-12-22. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Voge, Hervey H.; Andrew J. Smatko (1972). Mountaineer's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-87156-064-3. 
4. ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/h.html. Retrieved 2009-08-11.