Mount Hoffmann

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Mount Hoffmann

Mount Hoffmann from Glacier Point
Elevation 10,855 feet (3,309 m)[1]
Location California, USA
Range Sierra Nevada
Prominence 2,295 feet (700 m)[2]
Coordinates 37°50′48.9″N 119°30′37.9″W / 37.846917, -119.510528[1]
Easiest route hike

Mount Hoffmann is a prominent peak in the center of Yosemite National Park, California, United States. It rises above May Lake, and is a day hike of 6.2 miles (one-way) from Tioga Road.[3] The mountain is named after the cartographer Charles F. Hoffmann, who was part of the California Geological Survey of the Sierra Nevada.[4]

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  1. ^ a b Benchmark HR2847. U.S. National Geodetic Survey.
  2. ^ California prominence list. peakbagger.com.
  3. ^ Soares, M.J. (2003). 100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 70. ISBN 089886867X. 
  4. ^ Farquhar, F.P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. 

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