Mount Bancroft

{{Short description|Mountain in Colorado, United States}}

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| name = Mount Bancroft

| etymology = Frederick J. Bancroft

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| elevation_ft = 13,250

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| range = Front Range

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| location = Clear Creek and Grand counties, Colorado, U.S.

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| map_caption = Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|39.8416539|N|105.7005598|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| topo = USGS 7.5' map Empire, Colorado

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Mount Bancroft is a {{convert|13,250|ft|m}} peak in Grand and Clear Creek counties.{{cite web | url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:181400,Mount%20Bancroft | title=Mount Bancroft | publisher=US Geological Survey | access-date=October 3, 2016 }} It is located west of the town of Empire, within a group of mountain peaks called the James Group that also includes Mount Flora, Mount Eva, Parry Peak, James Peak, and Colorado Mines Peak.{{ cite web | url=http://www.summitpost.org/parry-peak/153650 | title=Parry Peak | publisher=summitpost.org | access-date=October 5, 2016 }}

Mount Bancroft is named for Dr. Frederick J. Bancroft, who is noted for his work in public health and the state's history. The summit was named for the doctor at the request of his son, George Jarvis Bancroft (1873–1945). The decision by the United States Geological Survey to name the summit Mount Bancroft was made on March 7, 1906.{{ cite web | url=http://www.co.clear-creek.co.us/DocumentCenter/View/2508 | title=The Mountains of Grand View | pages=1, 7 | access-date=October 3, 2016 }} Below the summit is Lake Caroline, named for his granddaughter, Caroline Bancroft.{{cite book|author1=Marilyn Griggs Riley|author2=Thomas J. Noel|title=High Altitude Attitudes: Six Savvy Colorado Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gmfKN36ijkkC&pg=PA101|year=2006|publisher=Big Earth Publishing|isbn=978-1-55566-375-9|page=101|chapter=Caroline Bancroft}}