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Smith Peak
Smith Peak is located in California
Smith Peak
Smith Peak
Location in California
Highest point
Elevation 7,756 ft (2,364 m) NAVD 88
Prominence 951 ft (290 m)
Geography
Location Yosemite National Park
Tuolumne County, California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Climbing
Easiest route Trail hike (class 1)

Smith Peak, in Yosemite National Park in the United States, overlooks the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and provides grand vistas of the Hetch Hetchy Valley and surrounding wilderness. It is named for a sheep owner who claimed to own the Hetch Hetchy Valley and used it as a summer pasture.

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