Mount Baxter (California)

Mountain in the state of California

Mount Baxter
Mount Baxter is on the right, viewed from the north
Highest point
Elevation	13,141 ft (4,005 m) NAVD 88 ^[1]
Prominence	603 ft (184 m)^[1]
Parent peak	Acrodectes Peak ^[2]
Listing	Sierra Peaks Section ^[3]
Coordinates	36°51′41′′N 118°21′44′′W / 36.861513°N 118.362139°W / 36.861513; -118.362139 ^[1]
Geography
Mount Baxter is located in California Mount Baxter Mount Baxter Show map of California Mount Baxter is located in the United States Mount Baxter Mount Baxter Show map of the United States
Location	Fresno and Inyo counties, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Kearsarge Peak
Geology
Rock age	Cretaceous
Mountain type	Granitic
Climbing
First ascent	1905 by George Davis^[4]
Easiest route	Scramble, class 2 ^[4]

Mount Baxter is a peak along the crest of the Sierra Nevada in California. Mount Baxter is on the boundary between Kings Canyon National Park and the John Muir Wilderness just north of Baxter Pass and to the northeast of the Rae Lakes, a popular backpacking destination along the John Muir Trail.

Mount Baxter is named for John Baxter, who was a rancher in the Owens Valley.^[5]

The mountain provides habitat for the endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep and was closed to entry in the recent past.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Baxter, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
^ "Mount Baxter". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club . Retrieved March 24, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 275–276. ISBN 978-0898869712.
^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada . Berkeley: Wilderness Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-89997-119-3.

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Lakes	Dingleberry Disappointment Hell for Sure Loch Leven Lone Indian Mills Nüümü Hu Hupi Pee Wee Virginia
Trails	John Muir Trail Pacific Crest Trail

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Other attractions	Charlotte Lake Darwin Glacier Deadman Canyon Forester Pass Generals Highway Great Western Divide John Muir Trail Kern Plateau salamander Kings River slender salamander Martha Lake Muir Pass Rae Lakes
People	John Muir Stephen T. Mather
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