After this, the name Mount McKinley was signed into law. Then, in 1975, the s tate of Alaska made a petition to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to change the name.

Another McKinley fan Denali is seen from the Petersville area on Oct. 23, 2016. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News) Trump first floated the idea of renaming Denali as Mount McKinley in a White ...

Alaska's U.S. senators in 2017 vehemently opposed a prior suggestion by Trump that the name Denali be changed back to Mount McKinley. By The Associated Press • Published January 20, 2025 ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday renaming Denali—the highest peak in North America—to Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain’s name prior to 2015, a move he has suggested ...

Reaching 20,320 feet (6,194 meters) above sea level in south-central Alaska, Mount McKinley is North America's tallest mountain and the third-tallest mountain in the world after Mount Everest in ...

The name Mount McKinley was originally published in a New York Sun article in 1897 in support of then-presidential candidate, William McKinley, who eventually went on to become president.

Trump, who has pledged to hike tariffs on all imports, including a 60% tariff on goods from China, previously vowed to change the name of Denali back to Mt. McKinley after former President Barack ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to rename North America's tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley — reviving an idea he'd floated years ago that at that time saw ...