Mount Stanford, at an elevation of 13,979 feet (4,261 m), is on the Kings-Kern Divide in Kings Canyon National Park.

The decision was made to give the name Castle Peak to the summit in Placer County and Brown's first choice was accepted.

[10] This other peak, with an elevation of 12,838 feet (3,913 m), is located 59 miles (95 km)[11] to the north-northeast overlooking Pioneer Basin in the John Muir Wilderness.

[6] It can be ascended by experienced mountaineers without ropes or special equipment during the late summer months.

It can be most easily be reached from the Onion Valley trailhead, west of Independence and off U. S. Route 395.