Colby Mountain

{{Short description|Summit in California, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

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| name = Colby Mountain

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| elevation_ft = 9640

| elevation_ref = {{cite gnis |id=254757 |name=Colby Mountain|date=January 19, 1981 |access-date=April 5, 2023}}

| location = Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne County, California, United States

| map = California

| map_caption = Location in California

| map_size = 240

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| range = Sierra Nevada{{cite web|url=https://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=126|title=Sierra Nevada|accessdate=April 5, 2023}}

| prominence_ft = 186

| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=56804 |name=Colby Mountain, California |access-date=April 5, 2023}}

| coordinates = {{Coord|37|54|40.31|N|119|32|21.78|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline}}

| topo = USGS Ten Lakes

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Colby Mountain is a summit in Tuolumne County, California.{{GNIS|254757|name=Colby Mountain}} With an elevation of {{convert|9639|ft}}, Colby Mountain is the 644th highest summit in the state of California.{{cite web | url=http://peakery.com/colby-mountain-california/ | title=Colby Mountain | publisher=Peakery.com | accessdate=12 February 2015}}

Colby Mountain was named after William Edward Colby, first Secretary of the Sierra Club.{{cite book|last=Browning|first=Peter|title=Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3Rs7E7_J_IC&pg=PA28|year=2005|publisher=Great West Books|isbn=978-0-944220-19-1|page=28}}