Silliman Pass is a

mountain pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...

on the border of

Sequoia National Park Sequoia National Park is an American national park in the southern Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, and today protects of forested mountainous terrain. Encompassing ...

and

Kings Canyon National Park Kings Canyon National Park is an American national park 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 renamed to Kings ...

. 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 Mou ...

, loosely north of

Mount Silliman Mount Silliman is a mountain in California along the boundary between Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park The summit, at is on the Sillman Crest, a part of the Kings-Kaweah Divide. History The peak was named by members of the ...

., Hiking trip , EveryTrail
Twin Lakes and Silliman Pass - Hiking trip , EveryTrail
accessdate: January 4, 2017 It is directly south of

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. 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

, it was named for

Benjamin Silliman Benjamin Silliman (August 8, 1779 – November 24, 1864) was an early American chemist and science educator. He was one of the first American professors of science, at Yale College, the first person to use the process of fractional distillat ...

, 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

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*Photos:
One photo

Another 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 {{TulareCountyCA-geo-stub