Castle Peak

Sun, Mar 25, 2001

With: Michael Golden

 Etymology Story Photos / Slideshow Map Profile
later climbed Fri, Feb 13, 2004

Castle Peak (9,103 ft.)

Originally named Mount Stanford by the Whitney Survey, but later renamed. This peak is a few miles north of Donner Summit off Interstate 80. Another peak in Yosemite NP, had originally been named Castle Peak by George H. Goddard, but was renamed Tower Peak by Charles Hoffmann in 1870 of the Whitney Survey.
- Erwin Gudde, California Place Names

"[Castle is] a popular descriptive term for orographic features taken to resemble a castle. In California, many rocks, peaks, cliffs, etc., are so named."

- Erwin Gudde, California Place Names

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