Mount Hopkins, Mountain summit in Fresno County, California, United States.
Mount Hopkins is a mountain summit in the John Muir Wilderness north of Kings Canyon National Park in California. The peak sits within the Sierra Nevada range and forms part of a group of mountains surrounding Pioneer Basin.
Mount Hopkins takes its name from Mark Hopkins, one of the builders of the Central Pacific Railroad. The sources record no first ascent, so the 1934 climb sometimes attributed to the peak is not documented here. The mountain stands in the John Muir Wilderness, north of Kings Canyon National Park, and is one of four peaks ringing Pioneer Basin.
The mountain is named for Mark Hopkins, a builder of the Central Pacific Railroad. The name appears on maps of the Sierra Nevada north of Kings Canyon National Park, where the peak stands above Pioneer Basin.
Mount Hopkins lies in the John Muir Wilderness, reached from trailheads on the roads along the Sierra Nevada's western slope; the peak is 1.4 miles south-southeast of Mount Crocker and 2 miles west-southwest of Mount Huntington. Weather fronts from the Pacific Ocean are forced upward by the Sierra crest, dropping rain or snow on the range, so plan for sudden storms. The summit stands at 3,750 metres.
Mount Hopkins stands 3,750 metres high and lies 1.4 miles south-southeast of Mount Crocker, 2 miles west-southwest of Mount Huntington and 2 miles southwest of Mount Stanford. Its name honours Mark Hopkins, one of the builders of the Central Pacific Railroad.
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