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{{short description|Mountain in California, United States}}
{{about|a mountain in California|the mountain in Yellowstone National Park|Mount Humphreys (Wyoming)|the highest point in Arizona|Humphreys Peak}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Humphreys
| photo = Mount Humphreys.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Humphreys from the south
| photo_width = 
| elevation_ft = 13,992
| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |id=2681 |name=Mount Humphreys, California |access-date=January 8, 2016}}</ref>
| prominence = 2563 ft (781 m)
| prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/>
| isolation_mi = 14.71
| isolation_ref = <ref name="pb"/>
| listing = {{unbulleted list
  | [[List of the highest major summits of North America|North America highest peaks]] 62nd
  | [[List of the highest major summits of the United States|US highest major peaks]] 47th
  | [[List of highest mountain peaks of California|California highest major peaks]] 6th
  | [[Sierra Peaks Section|{{abbr|SPS|Sierra Peaks Section}}]] [[Sierra Peaks Section#Emblem Peaks|Emblem peak]]<ref name="SPS">{{cite sps |accessdate=2008-09-28}}</ref>
  | Vagmarken Club Sierra Crest List<ref name="vagmarken">{{cite vagmarken |access-date=2021-11-26}}</ref>
  | Western States Climbers Star peak<ref name="wsc">{{cite wsc |access-date=2021-11-26}}</ref> }}
| location = {{thinsp|[[Fresno County, California|Fresno]] / [[Inyo County, California|Inyo]] counties, [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]]}}
| map = California#USA
| map_caption = 
| map_size = 240
| label_position = below
| range = [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]
| coordinates = {{coord|37.270545708|N|118.672999478|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates = 
| coordinates_ref = <ref>{{cite ngs |id=HR2626 |name=Mt Humphreys |accessdate=2011-05-31}}</ref>
| topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Mount Tom
| first_ascent = 1904 by Edward C. Hutchinson and [[James S. Hutchinson]]<ref name="Farquhar">{{cite Farquhar |id=H |2011-06-01}}</ref>
| easiest_route = [[Climbing|Climb]], {{YDS|4}}<ref name="SPS"/>
}}

'''Mount Humphreys''' is a mountain peak in the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] on the [[Fresno County, California|Fresno]]-[[Inyo County, California|Inyo]] county line in the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]]. It is the 13th highest peak in [[California]] (the highest peak that is not a [[fourteener]]),<ref name="rank">{{cite peakbagger |lid=21320 |name=California 13,500-foot Peaks |access-date=2014-01-17}}</ref> and the highest peak in the [[Bishop, California|Bishop]] area. The mountain was named by the [[California Geological Survey]] of 1873 for [[Andrew A. Humphreys]], the chief [[Combat engineering|engineer]] of the [[United States Army]] at the time.<ref name="Farquhar"/>

==See also==
* [[List of mountain peaks of California]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{cite summitpost |id=150440 |name=Mount Humphreys }}
* {{cite gnis |id=261626 |name=Mount Humphreys}}

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{{John Muir Wilderness}}

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[[Category:Mountains of Inyo County, California]]
[[Category:Mountains of Fresno County, California]]
[[Category:Inyo National Forest]]
[[Category:Mountains of the John Muir Wilderness]]
[[Category:Four-thousanders of the United States|Humphreys]]
[[Category:Mountains of Northern California]]


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