Mount Ansel Adams facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mount Ansel Adams
Mount Ansel Adams Location in California Show map of California Mount Ansel Adams Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Highest point
Elevation	11,766+ ft (3586+ m) NAVD 88
Geography
Location	Yosemite National Park Madera County, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Mount Lyell
Climbing
First ascent	July 11, 1934 by Glen Dawson, Jack Riegelhuth and Neil Ruge
Easiest route	Exposed scramble, class 3

Mount Ansel Adams is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California. At an elevation of 11,766 ft (3586 m). the summit is in Yosemite National Park near the park's eastern boundary. It lies 0.8 miles (1.3 km) northeast of Foerster Peak and 1.3 miles (2.1 km) west-southwest of Electra Peak at the head of the Lyell Fork of the Merced River. It was named in 1985 for Ansel Adams, the preeminent landscape photographer, conservationist, and member of the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club, a role he maintained for 37 years.