Mount Dan Beard is a 10,082-foot (3,073 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Dan Beard lies to the southeast of Denali, overlooking the Don Sheldon Amphitheater of Ruth Glacier. The mountain was named in 1910 by Herschel Clifford Parker and Belmore Browne for illustrator Daniel Carter Beard, who founded the scouting organization Sons of Daniel Boone.[2][3]

Mount Dan Beard
Highest point
Elevation10,082 ft (3,073 m)[1]
Prominence1,710 ft (520 m)[2]
Coordinates63°01′13″N 150°47′13″W / 63.02028°N 150.78694°W / 63.02028; -150.78694[3]
Geography
Mount Dan Beard is located in Alaska
Mount Dan Beard
Mount Dan Beard
Alaska
LocationMatanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States
Parent rangeAlaska Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount McKinley A-2
Climbing
Easiest routeSoutheast ridge

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References

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  1. ^ "Mount Dan Beard". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Dan Beard". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Dan Beard". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-12.


 
Mount Dan Beard from Ruth Glacier