Mount Ina Coolbrith

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Mount Ina Coolbrith
Summit Peak
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Mount Ina Coolbrith
Location in California
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Mount Ina Coolbrith
Mount Ina Coolbrith (the United States)
Highest point
Elevation 8,064 ft (2,458 m)  NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence 1,118 ft (341 m) [2]
Coordinates 39°42′09″N120°08′36″W / 39.702497814°N 120.143387856°W / 39.702497814; -120.143387856 [1]
Geography
Location Sierra County, California, U.S.
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Ina Coolbrith as a young girl

Mount Ina Coolbrith (formerly Summit Peak [3] ) is a mountain of the Sierra Nevada, near the Nevada border in Sierra County, Northern California.

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Name

The mountain is visible from Beckwourth Pass through which Ina Coolbrith traveled, at the age of 11, with a party led by James Beckwourth. [3] [4] She would later claim to have been the first white child brought into California. The mountain was officially renamed in 1932 by the United States Geographic Board [3] with the support of the California State Legislature and the Western Pacific Railroad. [4] [5] [6]

Geography

Mount Ina Coolbrith is located on the eastern edge of Sierra Valley in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south southeast of Beckwourth Pass, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Loyalton, and 5.8 miles (9.3 km) west of Highway 395 . Most of the mountain, including its summit, is in Sierra County, California; however, the lower northern flanks extend into Plumas County and Lassen County.

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