Mount Richards is a 2,377-metre-elevation (7,799-foot) mountain summit located in Waterton Lakes National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.

Its nearest higher peak is Mount Alderson, 2.0 km (1.2 mi) to the northwest.

Mount Richards was named in honor of Admiral Sir George Henry Richards (1820–1896), Hydrographer of the Navy who was the Second Commissioner of the British Boundary Commission which delineated the border from the Pacific to the Rockies.

[6] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1943 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.

[2] Like other mountains in Waterton Lakes National Park, Mount Richards is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.