Mount Goddard

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title: "Mount Goddard" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-kings-canyon-national-park", "mountains-of-fresno-county,-california", "mountains-of-northern-california"] description: "Mountain in California, United States" topic_path: "general/mountains-of-kings-canyon-national-park" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Goddard" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in California, United States ::

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Field	Value
name	Mount Goddard
photo	Mount Goddard California.jpg
photo_caption	Mt. Goddard from the south (G.K. Gilbert,1904).
elevation_ft	13564
elevation_ref
prominence_ft	1568
prominence_ref
parent_peak	Mount Darwin
map	California
map_caption	Location in California
map_size	250
label_position	left
listing	{{unbulleted list
Emblem peak<ref name	"SPS"
Western States Climbers Star peak<ref name	"wsc" }}
location	Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno County, California, U.S.
range	Sierra Nevada
coordinates
coordinates_ref
topo	USGS Mount Goddard
first_ascent	September 23, 1879 by Lilbourne A. Winchell and Louis W. Davis
{{cite Farquhar	index
easiest_route	Scramble, by Starr's Route or the East Slope
{{cite Secor	edition
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| name = Mount Goddard | photo = Mount Goddard California.jpg | photo_caption = Mt. Goddard from the south (G.K. Gilbert,1904). | elevation_ft = 13564 | elevation_ref = | prominence_ft = 1568 | prominence_ref = | parent_peak = Mount Darwin | map = California | map_caption = Location in California | map_size = 250 | label_position = left | listing = {{unbulleted list | SPS Emblem peak | Western States Climbers Star peak }} | location = Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno County, California, U.S. | range = Sierra Nevada | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = USGS Mount Goddard | type = | first_ascent = September 23, 1879 by Lilbourne A. Winchell and Louis W. Davis | easiest_route = Scramble, by Starr's Route or the East Slope

Mount Goddard is a mountain of California's Sierra Nevada, in the north section of Kings Canyon National Park. Goddard forms the southwest boundary of the Evolution Basin.

The peak is named for civil engineer George Henry Goddard, who surveyed the Sierra Nevada during the 1850s. The name was given by William Brewer's California Geological Survey party in 1864, during which year they made two unsuccessful attempts to climb the mountain.

Fifteen years later, Lilbourne Winchell and Louis Davis completed the first recorded ascent on September 23, 1879. They scrambled up class 2 rock from the east side of Martha Lake to Goddard Col, and a lake and chute beyond. From here they attained the summit by way of the Southwest Ridge, and a short class 3 ridge between the two summits of Mount Goddard. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Goddard_from_Darwin.jpg" caption="Mt. Goddard from the north-northeast at Mt. Darwin"] ::

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