Silliman Pass is a
mountain pass
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since mountain ranges can present formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human and animal migration t ...
on the border of
Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, and toda ...
and
Kings Canyon National Park
Kings Canyon National Park is a national park of the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada, in Fresno and Tulare Counties, California. Originally established in 1890 as General Grant National Park, the park was greatly expanded and ren ...
.
It stands high.
Location
It stands on the
Kings-Kaweah Divide
The Kings-Kaweah Divide is a divide in Sequoia National Park. It splits the watersheds of the Kaweah Rivers and the Kings Riverbr> The Divide's extent
The Divide runs from (west to east) from Big Baldy (California), Big Baldy west of Moun ...
, loosely north of
Mount Silliman.,
[Hiking trip , EveryTrail]
Twin Lakes and Silliman Pass - Hiking trip , EveryTrail
accessdate: January 4, 2017 It is directly south of
Twin Peaks
''Twin Peaks'' is an American Surrealist cinema, surrealist Mystery film, mystery-Horror film, horror Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It Pilot (Twin Peaks), premiered on American Broad ...
.
[Silliman Pass Topo Map, Tulare County CA (Mount Silliman Area)]
Silliman Pass Topo Map, Tulare County CA (Mount Silliman Area)
accessdate: January 4, 2017
For whom it was named
Like
Mount Silliman, it was named for
Benjamin Silliman
Benjamin Silliman (August 8, 1779 – November 24, 1864) was an American chemist and science education, science educator. He was one of the first American professors of science, the first science professor at Yale University, Yale, and the firs ...
, professor of chemistry at
Yale College
Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...
.
[GeoQuery: GNIS info near 1177 VAN NESS AVE, FRESNO, CA 93721 Latitude 36.7366 Longitude -119.7912]
GeoQuery: GNIS info near 1177 VAN NESS AVE, FRESNO, CA 93721 Latitude 36.7366 Longitude -119.7912
accessdate: January 4, 2017
References
External links
*Photos:
One photoAnother photoHiking to and over the passClimbing Mount Silliman via Silliman PassOne mapAnother map, showing the Kings-Kaweah Divide
Sequoia National Park
Mountain passes of California
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