Mount Crocker

Mount Crocker
North aspect, summit to right
Highest point
Elevation	12,458 ft (3,797 m)[1][2]
Prominence	858 ft (262 m)[2]
Parent peak	Red and White Mountain[3]
Isolation	1.77 mi (2.85 km)[3]
Listing	Vagmarken Club Sierra Crest List[4]
Coordinates	37°28′59″N 118°49′31″W / 37.4829291°N 118.8253923°W / 37.4829291; -118.8253923[5]
Naming
Etymology	Charles Crocker
Geography
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Country	United States
State	California
County	Fresno / Mono
Protected area	John Muir Wilderness
Parent range	Sierra Nevada[2]
Topo map	USGS Mount Abbot
Geology
Rock age	Cretaceous
Mountain type	Fault block
Rock type	Granodiorite
Climbing
First ascent	1929
Easiest route	class 3[3]

Mount Crocker is a remote 12,458-foot-elevation (3,797-meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States.^[5] It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness, on the boundary shared by Sierra National Forest with Inyo National Forest, and along the common border of Fresno County with Mono County. Crocker ranks as the 291st-highest summit in California.^[3] Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises 2,500 feet (760 meters) above McGee Creek in approximately one mile. It is nine miles northeast of Lake Thomas A Edison, and approximately 15 miles (24 km) southeast of the community of Mammoth Lakes.