Sawmill Pass

{{Short description|Mountain Pass on California}}

{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Sawmill Pass

| photo = "Owens Valley from Sawmill Pass, Kings River Canyon (Proposed as a national park)," California, 1936., ca. 1936 - NARA - 519935.jpg

| photo_caption = View of the Owens Valley from Sawmill Pass, ca. 1936

| elevation = {{convert|11309|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| traversed = Sawmill Pass Trail

| location = Inyo and Fresno Counties, California

| range = Sierra Nevada

| coordinates = {{coord|36|52|59|N|118|21|52|W}}

}}

Sawmill Pass, {{convert|11309|ft|m|abbr=on}},{{cite gnis|id=268579|name=Sawmill Pass|entrydate=1981-01-19|accessdate=2017-09-20}} is a mountain pass in the southern Sierra Nevada, California on the border of the Inyo National Forest (John Muir Wilderness) to the east and Kings Canyon National Park to the west. The eastern approach via the Sawmill Pass Trail is steep and strenuous, climbing {{convert|6700|ft|m|abbr=on}} from the Owens Valley floor. To the west, it connects to the John Muir Trail/Pacific Crest Trail in the Sierra high country, along Woods Creek.{{cite web|url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/inyo/recarea/?recid=20802|title=Sawmill Pass Trail|publisher=U.S. Forest Service|date=|accessdate=2017-09-20}}