Is it Mount McKinley or Denali??

Back in the day the mountain was named Mount McKinley, after President McKinley who wasn't president at the time.

The local native Alaskans called the mountain Denali, meaning the Great One or The Big One.

Several years ago, the state of Alaska decided to change the name to Denali to agree with the original name the native Alaskans used. But the federal government would not change the name so they still call it Mount McKinley.

So if you are an Alaskan, you refer to "the mountain" as Denali. If you are a tourist and don't know any better, you call it Mount McKinley.

It is still the biggest hill in the area no matter what you call it.