Mount Johnson (California)

Mount Johnson
North aspect, upper left
(Mt. Gilbert on right, South Lake below)
Highest point
Elevation12,871 ft (3,923 m)[1]
Prominence511 ft (156 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Gilbert[2]
Isolation0.88 mi (1.42 km)[2]
ListingSierra Peaks Section
Coordinates37°07′42″N 118°35′11″W / 37.1284588°N 118.5863576°W / 37.1284588; -118.5863576[3]
Naming
EtymologyWillard Drake Johnson
Geography
Mount Johnson is located in California
Mount Johnson
Mount Johnson
Location in California
Mount Johnson is located in the United States
Mount Johnson
Mount Johnson
Mount Johnson (the United States)
Location
Parent rangeSierra Nevada[1]
Topo mapUSGS Mount Thompson
Geology
Rock ageCretaceous
Mountain typeFault block
Rock typeGranitic
Climbing
First ascentbefore 1939 probably by Norman Clyde[4]
Easiest routeclass 2[2] Southeast slope

Mount Johnson is a 12,871-foot-elevation (3,923 meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, United States.[3] It is situated on the boundary between Kings Canyon National Park and John Muir Wilderness, and along the county line between Fresno County and Inyo County. It is also 18 miles (29 km) west of the community of Big Pine, 0.9 miles (1.4 km) southeast of Mount Gilbert, and one mile (1.6 km) west-northwest of Mount Goode. Mount Johnson ranks as the 187th-highest summit in California.[2] Topographic relief is significant as the southwest aspect rises 3,670 feet (1,120 meters) above LeConte Canyon in 1.5 mile, and the north aspect rises 3,100 feet above South Lake in 2.5 miles.

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Johnson, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  2. ^ a b c d "Johnson, Mount CA". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Johnson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  4. ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 346. ISBN 978-0871561473.