# Mount Keith

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Mountain in the American state of California

For the Australian mine, see [Mount Keith Mine](/source/Mount_Keith_Mine).

Mount Keith Highest point Elevation 13,982 ft (4,262 m) NAVD 88[1] Prominence 1,903 ft (580 m)[1] Parent peak Mount Whitney[2] Isolation 3.09 mi (4.97 km)[1] Listing North America highest peaks 63rd U.S. highest major peaks 48th California highest major peaks 7th Sierra Peaks Section Emblem peak [3] Western States Climbers Star peak[4] Coordinates 36°42′00″N 118°20′37″W / 36.700092008°N 118.343612578°W / 36.700092008; -118.343612578[5] Geography Mount Keith Location Inyo and Tulare counties, California, U.S. Parent range Sierra Nevada Topo map USGS Mount Williamson Climbing First ascent 1898, by Cornelius Beach Bradley, Jennie E. Price, Robert M. Price and Joseph C. Shinn[6] Easiest route Simple Scramble, class 2 by Northwest Face, South Face or Northeast Slopes[7]

**Mount Keith** is a mountain on the crest of [California](/source/California)'s [Sierra Nevada](/source/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)), between Mount Bradley to the north, and [Junction Peak](/source/Junction_Peak) to the southwest. Its north and west facing slopes feed the [Kings River](/source/Kings_River_(California)) watershed by way of [Bubbs Creek](/source/Bubbs_Creek), and its east and south slopes feed the [Owens River](/source/Owens_River) via Shepherd Creek. By the same dividing line, Keith stands on the boundary of [Kings Canyon National Park](/source/Kings_Canyon_National_Park) to the northwest, and the [John Muir Wilderness](/source/John_Muir_Wilderness) to the southeast.[1] It is a [thirteener](/source/Thirteener), a mountain which has a height over 13000 feet.

The peak was named for artist and [Sierra Club](/source/Sierra_Club) member, [William Keith](/source/William_Keith_(artist)), by Helen Gompertz (later Helen LeConte) in July 1896.[6]

The first ascending party consisted of [Cornelius Beach Bradley](/source/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.[7]

Junction Peak (left) and Mt. Keith (right) from the south

## See also

- [List of mountain peaks of California](/source/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_California)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pb_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pb_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-pb_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-pb_1-3) ["Mount Keith, California"](http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2811). *Peakbagger.com*. Retrieved January 8, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pbkc_2-0)** ["Shepherd Pass"](http://www.peakbagger.com/KeyCol.aspx?pid=2811). *Peakbagger.com*. Retrieved March 23, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SPS_3-0)** ["Sierra Peaks Section List"](https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/files/sps-peaks-list-2017May-24.pdf) (PDF). *Angeles Chapter, [Sierra Club](/source/Sierra_Club)*. Retrieved June 1, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wsc_4-0)** ["Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List"](https://climber.org/wsc/WSClist.html). Climber.org. Retrieved November 27, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ngs_5-0)** ["Mt Keith"](https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=GT1807). *NGS Data Sheet*. [National Geodetic Survey](/source/U.S._National_Geodetic_Survey), [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration](/source/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration), [United States Department of Commerce](/source/United_States_Department_of_Commerce). Retrieved June 1, 2011.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Farquhar_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Farquhar_6-1) [Farquhar, Francis P.](/source/Francis_P._Farquhar) (1926). [*Place Names of the High Sierra*](https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/k.html). San Francisco: [Sierra Club](/source/Sierra_Club). Retrieved January 21, 2009.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Secor_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Secor_7-1) Secor, R.J. (2009). *The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails* (3rd ed.). Seattle: [The Mountaineers](/source/The_Mountaineers_(club)). pp. 146–147. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0898869712](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0898869712).

## External links

- ["Mount Keith"](https://www.summitpost.org/page/151671). *SummitPost.org*.

- ["Mount Keith"](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/262096). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [United States Department of the Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior).

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