Mount Maclure

{{short description|Mountain in California, United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Maclure | etymology = William Maclure | image = Mount Maclure and Maclure Glacier.jpg | image_caption = Mount Maclure and Maclure Glacier | elevation = 12,886+ ft (3,928+ m) | elevation_ref = {{navd88}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=2628 |name=Mount Maclure, California |accessdate=2009-07-03}}</ref> | prominence = {{convert|440|ft|0|abbr=on}} | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | listing = {{unbulleted list | Sierra Peaks Section<ref name="sps">{{cite sps |accessdate=2009-08-05}}</ref> | Western States Climbers peak<ref name="wsc">{{cite wsc |accessdate=2016-03-28}}</ref> }} | location = Madera and Tuolumne counties, California, U.S. | map = California | map_caption = Location in California | map_size = 240 | label_position = below | range = Cathedral Range, Sierra Nevada | coordinates = {{coord|37.7435414|N|119.2815367|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=1659031 |name=Mount Maclure |accessdate=2009-07-03}}</ref> | topo = USGS Mount Lyell | first_ascent = 1883 by Hillard Johnson<ref name="Secor">{{cite Secor |edition=3 |page=417}}</ref> | easiest_route = Southeast ridge, Exposed scramble ({{YDS|3-4}})<ref name="Secor"/> }}

'''Mount Maclure''' is the nearest neighbor to Mount Lyell, the highest point in Yosemite National Park. Mount Maclure is the fifth-highest mountain of Yosemite.<ref name="Yosemite NP Peaks">{{cite web | url=https://www.peakbagger.com/List.aspx?lid=-242999&cid=2429 | title=Yosemite NP Peaks | publisher=peakbagger.com | accessdate=24 March 2019 | author=Kelliher, Mat}}</ref><ref name="Yosemite's Highest Peaks">{{cite web | url=https://www.summitpost.org/yosemite-s-highest-peaks/742800 | title=Yosemite's Highest Peaks | publisher=summitpost.org | accessdate=24 March 2019 | author=Mrchad9}}</ref> Mount Maclure is located at the southeast end of the Cathedral Range, about {{convert|0.6|mi}} northwest of Lyell. The summit is on the boundary between Madera and Tuolumne counties which is also the boundary between the park and the Ansel Adams Wilderness. It was named in honor of William Maclure, a pioneer in American geology who produced the first geological maps of the United States.<ref name="Browning">{{cite book |last=Browning |first=Peter |title=Place Names of the Sierra Nevada |publisher=Wilderness Press |year=1986 |location=Berkeley |page=[https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/134 134] |isbn=0899971199 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/134 }}</ref> Maclure Glacier, one of the last remaining glaciers in Yosemite, is situated on the mountain's northern flank.

The easiest climbing route leaves the John Muir Trail about {{convert|8.5|mi|0}} south of Tuolumne Meadows and traverses the Maclure Glacier to the summit.<ref name="sp">{{cite summitpost |id=151441 |name=Mount Maclure |accessdate=2011-06-01}}</ref>

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