[3] Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains east to Tinemaha Reservoir via Tinemaha Creek; south into headwaters of South Fork Kings River; and northwest to Palisade Creek which is a tributary of the Middle Fork Kings River.

Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 4,500 feet (1,400 meters) above Tinemaha Creek in 2.5 miles.

The first ascent of the summit was made August 14, 1922, by Chester Versteeg and Rudolph Berls by ascending the Northwest Ridge and descending the Southwest Slope.

This landform's name remembers Bolton Coit Brown (1864–1936), an American painter, lithographer, and mountaineer.

As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.