Mount Stewart is on the Great Western Divide

Great Western Divide

The Great Western Divide is a Sierra Nevada mountain range that forms part of the border between the Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. The High Sierra Trail crosses the range at Kaweah Gap from Sequoia National Park.- References :...

, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. It is located in Sequoia National Park

Sequoia National Park

Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California, in the United States. It was established on September 25, 1890. The park spans . Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly , the park contains among its natural resources the highest point in the...

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2.1 miles (3.4 km) southeast of Triple Divide Peak and 2.7 miles (4.3 km) northwest of Black Kaweah

Black Kaweah

Black Kaweah is a mountain of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge of the California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park. The peak has a local magnetic disturbance that has caused compasses in the vicinity to vary by up to eight degrees....

. The High Sierra Trail

High Sierra Trail

The High Sierra Trail is a hiking trail in Sequoia National Park, California. The trail crosses the Sierra Nevada from west to east.From the plateau of the Giant Forest at Crescent Meadow the trail travels high on the northern wall of the canyon of the Middle Fork of the Kaweah River to Bearpaw...

 traverses Kaweah Gap

Kaweah Gap

The Kaweah Gap is the lowest east-west pass through the Great Western Divide, in Sequoia National Park, California, USA. The High Sierra Trail is routed through this pass....

 south of the summit and Lilliput Glacier

Lilliput Glacier

Lilliput Glacier is the smallest named glacier in the Sierra Nevada of California. The glacier has an area of and it lies on the shaded north-facing vertical cliff of Mount Stewart, being the southernmost glacier in the United States....

 is on the mountain's northern flank.

The mountain is named for George W. Stewart, editor of Visalia Delta, was the leader of a campaign to protect the "Big Trees".
Francis P. Farquhar

Francis P. Farquhar

Francis Peloubet Farquhar graduated from Harvard and came to San Francisco to set up in practice as a Certified Public Accountant...

, author and former president of the Sierra Club

Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the conservationist and preservationist John Muir, who became its first president...

. credits Stewart as "the father" of Sequoia National Park.