Picture Peak

{{Short description|Mountain in the state of California}}

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

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Picture Peak

| other_name =

| photo = Picture Peak refection.jpg

| photo_caption = North aspect

| elevation = 13,140+ ft (4,001+ m)

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=2692|name=Picture Peak, California|accessdate=2021-04-24}}

| prominence = {{cvt|240|ft|0}}

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_mi = 0.51

| isolation_ref =

| parent_peak = Mount Haeckel{{cite loj |id=32374 |name=Picture Peak |access-date=2021-12-02}}

| etymology =

| map = California#USA

| map_caption = none

| map_size = 200

| label_position = left

| country = United States

| state = California

| region = Inyo

| region_type = County

| part_type = Protected area | part = John Muir Wilderness

| range = Sierra Nevada

| coordinates = {{coord|37.150795|N|118.64922|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:peakbagger|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = USGS Mount Darwin

| rock = Granitic

| age =

| first_ascent = 1931 by Norman Clyde{{cite Secor|pages=226–227|edition=1}}

| easiest_route = Exposed scramble, {{YDS|3}}

}}

Picture Peak is a 13,140+ foot (4,001+ meter) mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County in northern California, United States. It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is approximately {{convert|21|mi}} west of the community of Big Pine, and {{convert|0.65|mi}} east of parent Mount Haeckel. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises over {{convert|2,000|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Hungry Packer Lake in approximately one-half mile (1 km). The first ascent of the summit was made July 1967, by Gary Colliver and Steve Thompson via the northeast face.John Moynier, Claude Fiddler, 1993, Sierra Classics: 100 Best Climbs in the High Sierra, Chockstone Press, {{ISBN|9780934641609}}, page 158. This mountain's name has not been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.