Mount Goethe

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

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

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Goethe

| other_name =

| photo = Muriel Peak, Mount Goethe.jpg

| photo_alt =

| photo_caption = North aspect of Mount Goethe (right)
(Muriel Peak to left)

| elevation = {{convert|13,270|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=2688 |name=Mount Goethe, California |access-date=2014-12-07}}

| prominence_ft = 904

| prominence_ref =

| range = Glacier Divide, Sierra Nevada

| listing = Sierra Peaks Section{{cite sps}}

| parent_peak =

| location = Fresno County, California, USA

| map = USA California

| map_caption = none

| map_size = 240

| label =

| label_position =

| coordinates = {{coord|37.2061483|N|118.7022982|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=1658630 |name=Mount Goethe |access-date=2021-11-22}}

| topo = USGS Mount Darwin

| first_ascent = July 6, 1933, by David Brower and George Rockwood{{cite Secor |edition=3 |page=311}}

| easiest_route = Hike, {{YDS|1}}

}}

Mount Goethe is a summit in Fresno County, California, in the United States. With an elevation of {{convert|13,270|ft|0}}, Mount Goethe is the 96th highest summit in the state of California.{{cite web |url=http://www.vulgarianramblers.org/ca_13ers.php/ |title=California Thirteeners |publisher=Vulgarian Ramblers |access-date=2016-03-14}}

It was named after the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the author of Faust.{{cite book |last=Bright |first=William |title=1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CET4QodMZysC&pg=PA61 |year=1998 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-21271-8 |page=61}}

Mount Goethe was first climbed in 1933 by David Brower and George Rockwood.