Mount Silliman

Mount Silliman, from the north near Silliman Pass
Below the summit of Mount Silliman, and Foxtail Pines

Mount Silliman is a mountain in Sequoia National Park, in California. It stands at 11,188 feet (3,410 m)).[1], near Silliman Pass.

Name

The mountain was named for Benjamin Silliman, professor of chemistry at Yale College,[2][3] as are two lakes and a creek below the summit.

As a hike

From the summit of Mount Silliman, looking loosely north

There is no formal trail to the top of the mountain, but a variety of "bushwhack trails" exist.[4][5][1]

Foxtail pine

A rare pine, the foxtail pine, grows directly below Silliman's summit.

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Silliman". summitpost.org.
  2. ↑ "California Place Names". google.com.
  3. ↑ "Delaware mineralogical society". delminsociety.net.
  4. ↑ "Backpack to Mount Silliman, Sequoia NP". theoutbound.com.
  5. ↑ "silliman". tarol.com.

External links

Coordinates: 36°38′37″N 118°41′49″W / 36.6435°N 118.6970°W / 36.6435; -118.6970


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