Mt. Goode

Mon, Jul 8, 2002

With: Paul Homchick

 Etymology Story Photos / Slideshow Map Profile

Mt. Goode (13,085 ft.)

Named by USGS in 1909

"Richard Urquhart Goode (1858-1903), a topographer and geographer with the USGS. In the 1907-09 survey for the Mt. Goddard 30' map, the USGS placed Goode's name on a peak that was already named: Black Giant. The name 'Mt. Goode' was where 'Black Giant' now is on the first three editions of the map. The appropriate correction was made by a BGN decision in 1926, and beginning with the fourth edition (1928) 'Black Giant' replaced 'Mt. Goode,' while the latter was applied to a previously unnamed peak on the main crest of the Sierra. (Farquhar.)"
- Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada

  • The Goode Diary
    Other peaks named by USGS:
  • Acker Peak
  • Black Kaweah
  • Blackcap Mountain
  • Center Mountain (N)
  • Chocolate Peak
  • Colosseum Mountain
  • Crag Peak
  • Mt. Dade
  • Diamond Peak
  • Eagle Peak (N)
  • Eagle Peak (S)
  • Electra Peak
  • Epidote Peak
  • Excelsior Mountain
  • Finger Peaks (N)
  • Finger Peak (S)
  • Florence Peak (S)
  • Four Gables
  • Gabbro Peak
  • Glacier Ridge
  • Iceberg Peak (N)
  • The Iceberg (S)
  • Independence Peak
  • Kennedy Mountain (S)
  • Kern Peak
  • Kern Point
  • Kettle Peak (N)
  • Mt. Lamarck
  • Langille Peak
  • Lippincott Mountain
  • Little Round Top
  • Long Mountain
  • Mt. McGee (S)
  • Midway Mountain
  • Mono Rock
  • Muah Mountain
  • The Nipple
  • Obelisk
  • Pilot Knob (N)
  • Pilot Knob (S)
  • Piute Mountain
  • Post Peak
  • Quarry Peak
  • Red Kaweah
  • Redtop
  • Reynolds Peak
  • San Joaquin Mountain
  • Santiago Peak
  • Three Sisters
  • Triple Divide Peak (N)
  • Triple Divide Peak (S)
  • Twin Peaks (S)
  • Volunteer Peak
  • Whaleback
  • White Mountain (N)
  • Whorl Mountain
  • Wildcat Point
    • References to Goode can also be found in these files:
  • Black Giant
    • More of Bob's Trip Reports

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