Mount Keith

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title: "Mount Keith" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-kings-canyon-national-park", "mountains-of-the-john-muir-wilderness", "mountains-of-tulare-county,-california", "mountains-of-inyo-county,-california", "four-thousanders-of-the-united-states", "mountains-of-northern-california"] description: "Mountain in the American state of California" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Keith" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in the American state of California ::

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Field	Value
name	Mount Keith
photo	Mt Keith.jpg
elevation_ft	13982
elevation_ref
prominence_ft	1903
prominence_ref
isolation_mi	3.09
isolation_ref
parent_peak	Mount Whitney
map	California
map_caption	none
map_width	200
label_position	left
listing	{{unbulleted list
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location	Inyo and Tulare counties, California, U.S.
range	Sierra Nevada
coordinates
coordinates_ref
topo	USGS Mount Williamson
first_ascent	1898, by Cornelius Beach Bradley, Jennie E. Price, Robert M. Price and Joseph C. Shinn
easiest_route	Simple Scramble, by Northwest Face, South Face or Northeast Slopes
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| name = Mount Keith | photo = Mt Keith.jpg | elevation_ft = 13982 | elevation_ref = | prominence_ft = 1903 | prominence_ref = | isolation_mi = 3.09 | isolation_ref = | parent_peak = Mount Whitney | map = California | map_caption = none | map_width = 200 | label_position = left | listing = {{unbulleted list | North America highest peaks 63rd | U.S. highest major peaks 48th | California highest major peaks 7th | | Western States Climbers Star peak }} | location = Inyo and Tulare counties, California, U.S. | range = Sierra Nevada | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = USGS Mount Williamson | first_ascent = 1898, by Cornelius Beach Bradley, Jennie E. Price, Robert M. Price and Joseph C. Shinn | easiest_route = Simple Scramble, by Northwest Face, South Face or Northeast Slopes

Mount Keith is a mountain on the crest of California's Sierra Nevada, between Mount Bradley to the north, and Junction Peak to the southwest. Its north and west facing slopes feed the Kings River watershed by way of Bubbs Creek, and its east and south slopes feed the Owens River via Shepherd Creek. By the same dividing line, Keith stands on the boundary of Kings Canyon National Park to the northwest, and the John Muir Wilderness to the southeast. It is a thirteener, a mountain which has a height over 13000 feet.

The peak was named for artist and Sierra Club member, William Keith, by Helen Gompertz (later Helen LeConte) in July 1896.

The first ascending party consisted of 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.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Junction_Peak_and_Mt._Keith.jpg" caption="Junction Peak (left) and Mt. Keith (right) from the south"] ::

References

References

1. "Mount Keith, California".
2. "Shepherd Pass".
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