{{Short description|Mountain in the American state of California}} {{For|the Australian mine|Mount Keith Mine}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Keith | image = Mt Keith.jpg | elevation_ft = 13982 | elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |id=2811 |title=Mount Keith, California |access-date=2016-01-08}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 1903 | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | isolation_mi = 3.09 | isolation_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | parent_peak = [[Mount Whitney]]<ref name="pbkc">{{cite peakbagger |kid=2811 |title=Shepherd Pass |access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> | map = California | map_caption = none | map_width = 200 | label_position = left | listing = {{unbulleted list | [[List of the highest major summits of North America|North America highest peaks]] 63rd | [[List of the highest major summits of the United States|U.S. highest major peaks]] 48th | [[List of highest mountain peaks of California|California highest major peaks]] 7th | {{thinsp|[[Sierra Peaks Section]] [[SPS Emblem|Emblem peak]]}}<ref name="SPS">{{cite sps |accessdate=2011-06-01}}</ref> | Western States Climbers Star peak<ref name="wsc">{{cite wsc |access-date=2021-11-27}}</ref> }} | location = [[Inyo County, California|Inyo]] and [[Tulare County, California|Tulare]] counties, [[California]], U.S. | range = [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] | coordinates = {{coord|36.700092008|N|118.343612578|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="ngs">{{cite ngs |id=GT1807 |name=Mt Keith |accessdate=2011-06-01}}</ref> | topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Mount Williamson | first_ascent = 1898, by Cornelius Beach Bradley, Jennie E. Price, Robert M. Price and Joseph C. Shinn<ref name="Farquhar"/> | easiest_route = [[Scrambling|Simple Scramble]], {{YDS|2}} by Northwest Face, South Face or Northeast Slopes<ref name="Secor"/> }}
'''Mount Keith''' is a mountain on the crest of [[California]]'s [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]], between Mount Bradley to the north, and [[Junction Peak]] to the southwest. Its north and west facing slopes feed the [[Kings River (California)|Kings River]] watershed by way of [[Bubbs Creek]], and its east and south slopes feed the [[Owens River]] via Shepherd Creek. By the same dividing line, Keith stands on the boundary of [[Kings Canyon National Park]] to the northwest, and the [[John Muir Wilderness]] to the southeast.<ref name="pb"/> It is a [[thirteener]], a mountain which has a height over 13000 feet.
The peak was named for artist and [[Sierra Club]] member, [[William Keith (artist)|William Keith]], by Helen Gompertz (later Helen LeConte) in July 1896.<ref name="Farquhar">{{cite Farquhar |id=K |accessdate=2009-01-21}}</ref>
The first ascending party consisted of [[Cornelius Beach Bradley]], Jennie and Robert Price, and Joseph Shinn. Scrambling over boulders and scree from the upper lakes of Center Basin, they made the summit by the Northwest Face route on July 6, 1898.<ref name="Secor">{{cite Secor |edition=3 |pages=146–147}}</ref>
[[File:Junction Peak and Mt. Keith.jpg|thumb|400px|center|Junction Peak (left) and Mt. Keith (right) from the south]]
==See also== * [[List of mountain peaks of California]]
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{cite summitpost |id=151671 |name=Mount Keith}} * {{cite gnis |id=262096 |name=Mount Keith}}
{{NA highest}} {{California highest}} {{California}} {{Kings Canyon National Park}}
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