Mount Shakspere is a 12,174-foot-elevation (3,711 meter) summit located in Fresno County, California, United States.

The first ascent of the summit was made July 20, 1930, by Francis P. Farquhar, Mary Lou Michaels, Doris Drust, Lorna Kilgariff, and Robert L.

[5] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains.

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.

Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into tributaries of the Middle Fork Kings River.