Mount Brewer

{{Short description|Mountain on the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada in California}}

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

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Brewer

| photo = Mount Brewer.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Brewer from East Lake

| elevation_ft = 13576

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=2783 |name=Mount Brewer, California |accessdate=2008-12-21}}

| prominence_ft = 1168

| prominence_ref =

| parent_peak = Midway Mountain{{cite peakbagger |kid=2783 |name=Longley Pass |accessdate=2016-03-24}}

| listing = {{unbulleted list

| Ultra-prominent peak

| Sierra Peaks Section Emblem peak{{cite sps |accessdate=2008-12-29}}

| Western States Climbers Star peak{{cite wsc |accessdate=2016-03-24}} }}

| location = Tulare County, California, U.S.

| range = Sierra Nevada, Great Western Divide

| coordinates = {{coord|36.7085481|N|118.4853741|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=219808 |name=Mount Brewer |accessdate=2008-12-21}}

| topo = USGS Mount Brewer

| type =

| age =

| volcanic_arc/belt =

| first_ascent = July 2, 1864 by William H. Brewer and Charles F. Hoffmann{{cite Farquhar |id=B |name=accessdate=2007-08-12}}

| easiest_route = Easy scramble, {{YDS|2}}{{cite Roper |page=275}}

}}

Mount Brewer is on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park,{{cite web |url=http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=36.70851,-118.48511&z=14&t=T&marker0=36.70851%2C-118.48511%2CMount%20Brewer |title=Mount Brewer |publisher=Acme Mapper |accessdate=2016-03-24}}

The peak was named for William Henry Brewer who worked on the first California Geological Survey and was the first Chair of Agriculture at Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School. He was chief of the field party that explored the central High Sierra in 1864.

File:"Mt. Brewer, Kings River Canyon (Proposed as a national park)," California, 1936., ca. 1936 - NARA - 519924.jpg, Mt. Brewer (center) and North Guard (right), by Ansel Adams ca. 1936]]