Mount Dan Beard

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Mount Dan Beard
Mount Dan Beard
Alaska
Elevation 10,082 ft (3,073 m)[1]
Prominence 1,710 ft (521 m)[2]
Location
Location Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States
Range Alaska Range
Coordinates 63°01′13″N 150°47′13″W / 63.02028°N 150.78694°W / 63.02028; -150.78694Coordinates: 63°01′13″N 150°47′13″W / 63.02028°N 150.78694°W / 63.02028; -150.78694[3]
Topo map USGS Mount McKinley A-2
Climbing
Easiest route Southeast ridge

Mount Dan Beard is a 10,082-foot (3,073 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Dan Beard lies to the southeast of Mount McKinley, overlooking the Ruth and Don Sheldon Amphitheaters of Ruth Glacier. The mountain was named in 1910 by H.C. Parker and Belmore Browne for illustrator Daniel Carter Beard, who founded the scouting organization Sons of Daniel Boone.[3][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Dan Beard". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mount Dan Beard". Bivouac.com. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=14203. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mount Dan Beard". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-12. 
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