Some 6,000 feet above us lies the 20,320-foot summit of Alaska's Mount McKinley, also known by one of its native names, Denali. Though not the world's highest mountain when measured from sea level ...

Sheldon's only disappointment was that Congress, in creating Mount McKinley National Park, had ignored his repeated pleas to return the mountain to its original name: Denali. In 1939, Park Service ...

For what it’s worth, the Alaskan delegation prefers the “Denali” name: In 1975 the Alaska Geographic Names Board changed Mount McKinley to Denali and, at former Gov. Jay Hammond’s request ...