Merced Peak, with an elevation of 11,731 feet (3,576 m), is the highest point in the Clark Range,[1] just surpassing three other peaks; Red Peak (11,704 feet),[5] Gray Peak (11,578 feet),[6] and Mount Clark (11,527 feet).
Merced Peak is located close to southern border of Yosemite National Park, near the Ottoway Lakes. The summit can be approached from the Quartz Mountain Trailhead over Chiquito pass or from one of two trailheads on the road to Glacier Point.[7]
In 1871, influential Scottish-American naturalist John Muir discovered an active alpine glacier below Merced Peak, which helped his theory that Yosemite Valley was formed by glacial action gain acceptance.
MercedPeak, with an elevation of 11,731 feet (3,576 m), is the highest point in the Clark Range, just surpassing three other peaks; Red Peak (11,704...
Debris Dam breakup" caused several peaks. "Fish, Water Insects and Birds along the Merced River" (PDF). The Merced River Alliance Project. June 2007....
The Intrusive Suite of MercedPeak is one of several intrusive suites in Yosemite National Park. These also include: Fine Gold Intrusive Suite Intrusive...
northeast of MercedPeak. Foerster Peak is also southeast of Lake Merced and Merced Lake High Sierra Camp, and Washburn Lake. Foerster Peak is east of Mount...
glacial action". In 1871, Muir discovered an active alpine glacier below MercedPeak, which helped his theories gain acceptance. A large earthquake centered...
Intrusive Suite Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon Intrusive Suite of MercedPeak Intrusive Suite of Sonora Pass Intrusive Suite of Yosemite Valley Tuolumne...
Buena Vista Crest Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon Intrusive Suite of MercedPeak Intrusive Suite of Sonora Pass Tuolumne Intrusive Suite Johnson Granite...
Mount Ritter Banner Peak Mount Davis Rodgers Peak Electra Peak Foerster Peak San Joaquin Mountain MercedPeak Red Peak Gray Peak Mount Clark Mount Starr...
Ireland Creek Kuna Creek Merced River Bear Creek Dry Creek New Exchequer Dam and Lake McClure North Fork Merced River South Fork Merced River Alder Creek Bishop...
Governor Ronald Reagan. After Jones led Reagan to the high country near MercedPeak, Reagan became allied with the state's conservationist movement. He opposed...
operates year-round on Highway 140, providing access to Merced and Mariposa counties. During the peak summer months (May through September), additional service...
Peak Granodiorite 83.7 Ma Johnson Granite Porphyry 82.4 Ma Fine Gold Intrusive Suite Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest Intrusive Suite of Merced Peak...
7 mi (20.4 km) Merced River Merced River, Red Peak Fork, MercedPeak Fork, Triple Peak Fork, Lyell Fork Merced River, South Fork Merced River CA BLM, NPS...
Department of the Interior. January 19, 1981. Retrieved April 6, 2023. "Bunnell Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 6, 2023. "Clark Range". Peakbagger...
159 m). The peak is on the boundary between Merced County and San Benito County and is the highest point in Merced County. The mountain is high enough to receive...
Buena Vista Crest Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon Intrusive Suite of MercedPeak Intrusive Suite of Yosemite Valley Tuolumne Intrusive Suite The Intrusive...
Buena Vista Crest Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon Intrusive Suite of MercedPeak Intrusive Suite of Sonora Pass Intrusive Suite of Yosemite Valley Tuolumne...
Features". UC Merced Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. 2 (2): 226–232. "Holy Jim Trail - Santa Ana Mountains - California". Peak Fever....
The South Fork Merced River is the largest tributary of the Merced River. Most of the river flows within Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada of...
Yosemite area Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest Intrusive Suite of MercedPeak Intrusive Suite of Sonora Pass Kuna Crest Granodiorite Porphyry Sentinel...
Merced Army Air Field auxiliary fields were built to support pilot training at the Merced Army Air Field. In 1940 the US Army wanted to build near Merced...
fan of creeks and forks of the Merced River take drainage from the Sierra crest and combine at Merced Lake. The Merced then flows down to the end of its...
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