Mount Pinchot stands in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Oklahoma near the refuge’s western edge. Managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, it is within the refuge’s Special Use Area and closed to the public, though wildlife viewing tours sometimes approach its base. The peak was named for Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the United States Forest Service. Its elevation remains uncertain, with published figures ranging from 2,461 feet to 2,476.48 feet above sea level. Because of that dispute, it is generally regarded as one of the refuge’s two highest mountains, alongside Mount Scott, and may be the highest.