Mount Mills (California) - Misplaced Pages

Mountain in the state of California For other uses, see Mount Mills.

Mount Mills
Mount Mills is the peak on the right, seen from south end of Little Lakes Valley
Highest point
Elevation	13,457 ft (4,102 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	451 ft (137 m)
Listing	Sierra Peaks Section Vagmarken Club Sierra Crest List Western States Climbers Emblem peak
Coordinates	37°23′38″N 118°47′27″W / 37.3938241°N 118.7909546°W / 37.3938241; -118.7909546
Geography
Mount MillsShow map of CaliforniaMount MillsShow map of the United States
Location	John Muir Wilderness Fresno / Inyo counties, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Mount Abbot
Climbing
First ascent	August 1921 by Norman Clyde
Easiest route	Exposed scramble, class 3

Mount Mills is a Thirteener and California 4000 meter peak, on the Sierra Crest, north of Mount Abbot and south of Mono Pass in the Sierra Nevada.

The mountain is located within the John Muir Wilderness area. The 13,457 feet (4,102 m) summit marks the boundary between northwestern Inyo County and eastern Fresno County.

The Mono Recesses are to the west of Mount Mills.

History

The mountain is named in honor of Darius Ogden Mills, a banker who founded the city of Millbrae, California and the Carson and Colorado Railroad. The name appeared on the first edition of the Mt Goddard topographic map in 1912.

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Mountains	Abbot Agassiz Baldwin Baxter Bloody Cirque Crocker Dade Four Gables Goodale Graveyard Herlihy Hilgard Hopkins Humphreys Huntington Hutton Izaak Walton Julius Caesar Kearsarge Laurel Middle Palisade Mills Morgan Morrison Muir Norman Clyde North Palisade Palisade Crest Pilot Knob Red and White Red Slate Sawmill Point Seven Gables Sill Split Stanford Starr Temple Crag Thunderbolt Tom Tyndall University Whitney Williamson
Rivers	Bishop Creek North Fork Kings River Morgan Creek Rock Creek South Fork San Joaquin River
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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