Mount Davis
Mount Davis is a prominent peak in the Ansel Adams Wilderness on the Inyo National Forest and south of Yosemite National Park. The peak was named in honor of Lieutenant Milton Fennimore Davis, who was with the first troops detailed to guard Yosemite National Park.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 12,224 feet
- Description: mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California
- Also known as: “Davis Mountain” and “Mt. Davis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Ritter and Banner Peak.
Mount Ritter
Peak
Photo: Mel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Ritter is the highest mountain in Madera County, California, in the Western United States, at an elevation of 13,149 feet. It is also the highest and most prominent peak of its namesake, the Ritter Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada in the Ansel Adams Wilderness of the Inyo and Sierra National Forests.
Banner Peak
Peak
Banner Peak is the second tallest peak in the Ritter Range of California's Sierra Nevada. The mountain is 12,942 feet tall, and there are several glaciers on its slopes.
Rodgers Peak
Peak
Rodgers Peak is the most northwestern peak in the Ritter Range in Madera County, California. The peak lies on the boundary between Yosemite National Park and the Ansel Adams Wilderness further east.
Mount Davis
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Madera County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.71494° or 37° 42′ 54″ northLongitude
-119.2196° or 119° 13′ 11″ westElevation
12,224 feet (3,726 metres)Open location code
8592PQ7J+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 358797499OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Persian—“Mount Davis” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Davis”
- Dutch: “Mount Davis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت داڤيس (امريكا)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت داڤيس”
- Ladin: “Mount Davis”
- Persian: “کوه دیویس (کالیفرنیا)”
- Persian: “کوه دیویس”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Upper Davis Lake and Clinch Pass.
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