Mount Broderick

{{Short description|Summit in Yosemite National Park}}

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| name = Mount Broderick

| photo = Broderick liberty cap.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Broderick on the left, Liberty Cap on the right

| elevation_ft = 6706

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| parent_peak = Half Dome

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| location = Yosemite National Park

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| map_caption = Location in California

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Mount Broderick is a summit in Yosemite National Park, United States.{{GNIS|254663}} With an elevation of {{convert|6696|ft}}, Mount Broderick is the 1573rd highest summit in the state of California.{{cite web | url=http://peakery.com/mount-broderick-california/ | title=Mount Broderick | publisher=Peakery.com | accessdate=13 February 2015}}

Mount Broderick was named for David C. Broderick, a United States Senator from California.{{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=PA18|year=2005|publisher=Great West Books|isbn=978-0-944220-19-1|page=18}}

There are rock climbing routes on Mount Broderick.{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Shaun |date=June 26, 2014 |title=Mount Broderick Rock Climbing |url=https://www.mountainproject.com/area/109152349/mount-broderick |website=Mountainproject}}

Climbing Mount Broderick requires a wilderness permit, obtainable at all Yosemite visitor centers.

File:Mt. Broderick, Yosemite National Park.jpg, Mount Broderick, Liberty Cap, Nevada Fall. From the southwest at Clark Point.]]

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