Mount Bancroft facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mount Bancroft
Mount Bancroft Location in Colorado
Highest point
Elevation	13,250 ft (4,040 m)
Naming
Etymology	Frederick J. Bancroft
Geography
Location	Clear Creek and Grand counties, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range	Front Range
Topo map	USGS 7.5' map Empire, Colorado

Mount Bancroft is a 13,250 feet (4,040 m) peak in Grand and Clear Creek counties. It is located west of the town of Empire, within a group of mountain peaks called the James Group that also includes Mount Flora, Mount Eva, Parry Peak, James Peak, and Colorado Mines Peak.

Mount Bancroft is named for Dr. Frederick J. Bancroft, who is noted for his work in public health and the state's history. The summit was named for the doctor at the request of his son, George Jarvis Bancroft (1873-1945). The decision by the United States Geological Survey to name the summit Mount Bancroft was made on March 7, 1906. Below the summit is Lake Caroline, named for his granddaughter, Caroline Bancroft.