Mount Fillmore

{{Short description|Mountain in California, United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Fillmore | image = | image_caption = | elevation_ft = 7719 | elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |id=26164 |name=Mount Fillmmore, California}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 1675 | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | map = California | map_caption = none | map_size = 208 | location = Sierra County, California, U.S. | range = Sierra Nevada | coordinates = {{coord|39.7301723|N|120.8524485|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis| id=260103 |name=Mount Fillmore}}</ref> | topo = USGS Mount Fillmore | easiest_route = }}

'''Mount Fillmore''' is a mountain in the Plumas National Forest in Sierra County, California. It is {{convert|8|mi}} northeast of La Porte and {{convert|12|mi}} north of Downieville.<ref name="Durham">{{cite book |last=Durham |first=David L. |title=California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State |publisher=Quill Driver Books |year=1998 |pages=527 |isbn=1-884995-14-4}}</ref>

Mount Fillmore was named for a naval officer.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n124 125]}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fillmore, Mount}} Category:Mountains of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Category:Mountains of Sierra County, California Category:Plumas National Forest Category:Mountains of Northern California