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Mount Stewart
Mount Stewart is located in California
Mount Stewart
Mount Stewart
Location in California
Highest point
Elevation 12,205+ ft (3721+ m) NAVD 88
Prominence 440 ft (134 m)
Listing Sierra Peaks Section
Geography
Location Tulare County, California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Triple Divide Peak
Climbing
First ascent 1932 by Norman Clyde
Easiest route Scramble, class 2

Mount Stewart is on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in Sequoia National Park, 2.1 miles (3.4 km) southeast of Triple Divide Peak and 2.7 miles (4.3 km) northwest of Black Kaweah. The High Sierra Trail traverses Kaweah Gap south of the summit and Lilliput Glacier is on the mountain's northern flank.

The mountain is named for George W. Stewart, editor of Visalia Delta, was the leader of a campaign to protect the "Big Trees". Francis P. Farquhar, author and former president of the Sierra Club, credits Stewart as "the father" of Sequoia National Park.

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