Smith Peak (Tuolumne County, California)

Smith Peak
Elevation 7,756 ft (2,364 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 991 [2]
Location
Location Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Hetch Hetchy Reservoir

Smith Peak, in Yosemite National Park in the United States, overlooks the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and provides grand vistas of the Hetch Hetchy Valley and surrounding wilderness. It is named for a sheep owner who claimed to own the Hetch Hetchy Valley and used it as a summer pasture.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Smith". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=HR2848. 
  2. ^ "Smith Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2606. 
  3. ^ Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. p. 335. 

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