Mount Harrington (California)

Mount Harrington
Harrington's summit centered in back, from WSW
(Wren Peak on right)
Highest point
Elevation11,009 ft (3,356 m)[1]
Prominence329 ft (100 m)[1]
Parent peakDespair Benchmark (11,081 ft)[2]
Isolation0.67 mi (1.08 km)[2]
ListingSierra Peaks Section
Coordinates36°52′12″N 118°44′01″W / 36.8700050°N 118.7336448°W / 36.8700050; -118.7336448[3]
Geography
Mount Harrington is located in California
Mount Harrington
Mount Harrington
Location in California
Mount Harrington is located in the United States
Mount Harrington
Mount Harrington
Mount Harrington (the United States)
LocationFresno County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Cedar Grove
Geology
Type of rockgranitic
Climbing
First ascent1951
Easiest routeclass 3[2] North ridge

Mount Harrington is an 11,009-foot-elevation (3,356 meter) mountain summit located in Fresno County of northern California, United States.[3] It is situated on Monarch Divide which is west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the Monarch Wilderness, on the shared boundary of Sequoia National Forest with Sierra National Forest. The first ascent of the summit was made July 27, 1951, by David Hammack and Anton Nelson.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Mount Harrington, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  2. ^ a b c "Harrington, Mount - 11,009' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Harrington". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  4. ^ R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594857386.

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