Window Cliffs
Window Cliffs is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 3,157 m. Mount Langley stands 4,277 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Whitney Cone, a peak 2.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3157 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Whitney Cone: 2.3 mi
- Johnson Peak: 3.0 mi
- Tower Rock: 3.9 mi
- Groundhog Cone: 4.0 mi
- Overlook Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 19.9 mi
- Lemon Inn: 20.0 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 20.3 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 20.3 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 20.3 mi
- Soda Spring: 3.8 mi
- River Spring: 11.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 12.0 mi
- Trout Meadows Spring: 12.4 mi
- Iron Spring: 12.5 mi
- Volcano Falls: 3.0 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 5.7 mi
- Tufa Falls: 12.9 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 13.2 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 12.0 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 12.3 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 12.4 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 13.1 mi
- Walt's Point: 15.5 mi
- Natural Arch: 2.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 2.4 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 18.9 mi
- Palette Arch: 19.5 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 19.6 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 15.0 mi
- Valhalla: 17.0 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 19.5 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 19.6 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 19.6 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 23.7 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 6.1 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 24.1 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 21.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 22.8 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 22.6 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 22.7 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 20.4 mi
- Miss Alabama: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Window Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Langley | NE 40° | 4,277 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount LeConte | NNE 34° | 4,245.9 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Mallory | NNE 30° | 4,221.5 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount McAdie | NNE 27° | 4,205.9 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Kaweah | NNW 328° | 4,205 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Corcoran | NE 35° | 4,194 m | 12.2 mi |
| Discovery Pinnacle | NNE 22° | 4,192 m | 12.3 mi |
| Red Kaweah | NW 324° | 4,185 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 25 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358802467
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