Mount Spencer (California) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mount Spencer
Mount Spencer (center left) from Evolution Lake
Highest point
Elevation	12,431 ft (3,789 m)  NGVD 29
Prominence	221 ft (67 m)
Geography
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Location	Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno County, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada, Evolution Region
Climbing
First ascent	August 20, 1921 by Robert M. Prince, George J. young, H.W. Hill, and Peter Frandsen
Easiest route	Scramble from the southeast saddle, class 2

Mount Spencer is a 12,431 feet (3,789 m) peak in the Sierra Nevada, in Kings Canyon National Park and Fresno County, California.

It is named for Herbert Spencer, an English philosopher and prominent scientist in the field of evolution who coined the term "survival of the fittest." Other nearby mountains in the Evolution Group include Mount Darwin, Mount Mendel, Mount Fiske, Mount Haeckel, Mount Huxley, Mount Wallace, and Mount Lamarck. The area around the peaks, known as the Evolution Region, includes Evolution Basin and Evolution Valley.

Although it is not a very well known peak, it offers a picturesque view from Evolution Lake and the John Muir Trail.