Mount Keith is a thirteener

Thirteener

In mountaineering in the United States, a thirteener is a mountain that exceeds above mean sea level, similar to the more familiar "fourteeners," which exceed...

 on the crest of California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

's Sierra Nevada, between Mount Bradley to the north, and Junction Peak

Junction Peak

Junction Peak is a thirteener in the Sierra Nevada. Joseph Nisbet LeConte chose this name in 1896, noting that it marks the point where the Sierra Crest crosses the water divide of the Kern and Kings rivers...

 to the southwest. Its north and west facing slopes feed the Kings River

Kings River (California)

The Kings River is a major river of south-central California. About long, it drains an area of the high western Sierra Nevada and the Central Valley. A large alluvial fan has formed where the river's gradient decreases in the Central Valley so the river divides into distributaries...

 watershed by way of Bubbs Creek, and its east and south slopes feed the Owens River

Owens River

The Owens River is a river in southeastern California in the United States, approximately long. It drains into and through the Owens Valley, an arid basin between the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the western faces of the Inyo and White Mountains. The river terminates at Owens Lake, but...

 via Shepherd Creek. By the same dividing line, Keith stands on the boundary of Kings Canyon National Park

Kings Canyon National Park

Kings Canyon National Park is a National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Fresno, California. The park was established in 1940 and covers...

 to the northwest, and the John Muir Wilderness

John Muir Wilderness

The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California, USA for , in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir, it contains...

 to the southeast.

The peak was named for artist and Sierra Club

Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the conservationist and preservationist John Muir, who became its first president...

 member, William Keith

William Keith (artist)

William Keith was a Scottish-American painter famous for his California landscapes.-Early life:Keith was born in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and emigrated to the United States in 1850. He lived in New York City, and became an apprentice wood engraver in 1856...

, by Helen Gompertz (later Helen LeConte) in July 1896.

The first ascending party consisted of Cornelius Beach Bradley, Jennie and Robert Price, and Joseph Shinn. Scrambling over boulders and scree from the upper lakes of Center Basin, they made the summit by the Northwest Face route on July 6, 1898.

See also

• Table of the highest major summits of North America
  Table of the highest major summits of North America
  The following sortable table lists the 200 highest mountain peaks of greater North America with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence....
  
   - 63rd
• Table of the highest major summits of the United States - 48th
• Highest mountain peaks of California
  Highest mountain peaks of California
  The following sortable table lists the 16 mountain peaks of the U.S. State of California with at least 4000 meters of topographic elevation and at least 500 meters of topographic prominence....
  
   - 7th
• Thirteener
  Thirteener
  In mountaineering in the United States, a thirteener is a mountain that exceeds above mean sea level, similar to the more familiar "fourteeners," which exceed...