View of the mountain, centerpiece of Denali National Park and Preserve. The name of the highest mountain in North America became a subject of dispute in 1975, when the Alaska Legislature asked the U.S. federal government to officially change its name from "Mount McKinley" to "Denali". The mountain had been unofficially named Mount McKinley in 1896 by a gold prospector and officially by the ...

On the eve of the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary in 2016, the name of the highest peak in North America changed from “Mount McKinley” to “Denali.” The timing of the change not only helped mark the agency’s centennial, it shines a light on the long human history of the park, and illuminates a naming debate that has lasted ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Many advocates for the national park at Mount McKinley wanted to name it “Denali National Park.” They were, in part, inspired by Alaskan missionary Hudson Stuck, who led the mountain’s first ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Topline. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday renaming Denali—the highest peak in North America—to Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain’s name prior to 2015, a move he has ...

6 days ago · King and many others who live in the mountain’s shadow say most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska Native name, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that the name revert to Mount McKinley-- an identifier inspired by President William McKinley, who was from Ohio and never set foot in Alaska.

Denali (/ d ə ˈ n ɑː l i /), [5] [6] officially known as Mount McKinley, [7] is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet (6,190 m) above sea level.It is the tallest mountain in the world from base-to-peak on land, measuring 18,000 ft (5,500 m). [8] With a topographic prominence of 20,194 feet (6,155 m) [3] and a topographic isolation (the distance ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Library of Congress, The ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) a narrative of the first complete ascent of the highest peak in North America, accessed Jan. 22, 2025 U.S. Senate, Senator Murkowski ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Renaming of Mount McKinley. (a) President William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, heroically led our Nation to victory in the Spanish-American War.

Jan 20, 2025 · Alaska’s U.S. senators in 2017 vehemently opposed a prior suggestion by Trump that the name Denali revert back to Mount McKinley. Trump revisited the topic during a rally late last year, following his election. “McKinley was a very good, maybe a great president,” Trump said in December. “They took his name off Mount McKinley, right?

Denali National Park and Preserve, formerly known as Mount McKinley National Park, is a United States national park and preserve located in Interior Alaska, centered on Denali, the highest mountain in North America.The park and contiguous preserve encompass 6,045,153 acres (2,446,387 ha; 9,446 sq mi; 24,464 km 2) which is larger than the state of New Hampshire. [3]