| Blacktop Peak | |
|---|---|
 Blacktop right of center, from northwest | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 12,724 ft (3,878 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 360 ft (110 m)[2] |
| Parent peak | Kuna Peak (13,002 ft)[3] |
| Isolation | 1.48 mi (2.38 km)[3] |
| Listing | Vagmarken Club Sierra Crest List[4] |
| Coordinates | 37°47′37″N 119°11′46″W / 37.7937286°N 119.1961395°W[1] |
| Geography | |
  Blacktop Peak Location in California  Blacktop Peak Blacktop Peak (the United States) | |
| Location | Ansel Adams Wilderness Mono County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Koip Peak |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Cretaceous |
| Mountain type | Fault block |
| Rock type | Metamorphic rock |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | Unknown[5] |
| Easiest route | class 2[3] |
Blacktop Peak is a 12,724-foot-elevation (3,878 meter) mountain summit located along the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States.[1] It is situated in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. The summit lies one-half mile outside of Yosemite National Park's eastern boundary, and some of the lower western slope lies within the park. Blacktop Peak ranks as the 228th-highest summit in the state of California.[3]
Blacktop Peak was likely named from its appearance.[6] This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1932 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[1]
- ^ a b c d "Blacktop Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ^ "Blacktop Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ^ a b c d "Blacktop Peak - 12,740' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ^ "Vagmarken Sierra Crest List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ^ Edward S. Robbins and Alfred W. Baxter, Jr., A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra, (1954)
- ^ Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.