Mount Dan Beard facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mount Dan Beard
Highest point
Elevation	10,082 ft (3,073 m)
Prominence	1,710 ft (520 m)
Geography
Mount Dan Beard Location in Alaska
Location	Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States
Parent range	Alaska Range
Topo map	USGS Mount McKinley A-2
Climbing
Easiest route	Southeast ridge

Mount Dan Beard is a 10,082-foot (3,073 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Dan Beard lies to the southeast of Denali, overlooking the Don Sheldon Amphitheater of Ruth Glacier. The mountain was named in 1910 by Herschel Clifford Parker and Belmore Browne for illustrator Daniel Carter Beard, who founded the scouting organization Sons of Daniel Boone.