Bath Mountain

Bath Mountain is a summit in Yosemite National Park, United States.[1] With an elevation of 10,482 feet (3,195 m), Bath Mountain is the 517th highest summit in the state of California.[2]

Bath Mountain was so named when a USGS topographer took a bath in a lake at its base in 1905.[3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bath Mountain
  2. ↑ "Bath Mountain". Peakery.com. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.

Coordinates: 38°03′29″N 119°27′53″W / 38.0580°N 119.4647°W / 38.0580; -119.4647


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