Mount Ina Coolbrith
{{Short description|Mountain in Sierra County, California, U.S.}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2016}}
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| name = Mount Ina Coolbrith
| other_name = Summit Peak
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| elevation_ft = 8064
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| prominence_ft = 1118
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| location = Sierra County, California, U.S.
| map = USA California#USA
| map_caption = Location in California
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| coordinates = {{coord|39.702497814|N|120.143387856|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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Mount Ina Coolbrith (formerly Summit Peak{{cite gnis |id=261694 |name=Mount Ina Coolbrith |accessdate=February 23, 2014}}) is a mountain of the Sierra Nevada, near the Nevada border in Sierra County, Northern California.
Name
The mountain is visible from Beckwourth Pass through which Ina Coolbrith traveled, at the age of 11, with a party led by James Beckwourth.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wYGaAAAAIAAJ&dq=mount+ina+coolbrith&pg=PA279 |first=Mildred Brooke |last=Hoover |editor-first=William N |editor-last=Abeloe |title=Historic Spots in California |year=1966 |edition=3rd |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=9780804700795 |accessdate=June 29, 2012}} She would later claim to have been the first white child brought into California. The mountain was officially renamed in 1932 by the United States Geographic Board with the support of the California State Legislature and the Western Pacific Railroad.{{cite book |first=Edward T. |last=James |title=Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, 1607-1950 |url=https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw02jame_0 |url-access=registration |year=1971 |publisher=Harvard University Press|display-authors=etal}}{{cite web |url=http://www.poemhunter.com/ina-d-coolbrith/biography/ |title=Ina D. Coolbrith |publisher=PoemHunter.com |accessdate=June 29, 2012}}
Geography
Mount Ina Coolbrith is located on the eastern edge of Sierra Valley in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, {{convert|6.5|mi}} south southeast of Beckwourth Pass, {{convert|5.5|mi}} northeast of Loyalton, and {{convert|5.8|mi}} west of Highway 395 . Most of the mountain, including its summit, is in Sierra County, California; however, the lower northern flanks extend into Plumas County and Lassen County.