Donald Downs Plaque
Donald Downs Plaque is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 3,871 m. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the south-southeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Junction Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away.
Plaque on Forester Pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California commemorating the death of Donald Downs in 1930 during construction of the pass.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Junction Peak: 0.3 mi
- Caltech Peak: 1.0 mi
- Gregory's Monument: 1.5 mi
- Mount Stanford: 1.6 mi
- Mount Keith: 1.7 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 13.8 mi
- Boot Arch: 13.8 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 14.1 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 14.2 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 14.5 mi
- Tub Springs: 8.5 mi
- Boron Springs: 8.7 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 10.2 mi
- McGann Springs: 12.0 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 14.1 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 4.7 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 9.6 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 10.7 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 11.7 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 11.8 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 10.0 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 10.0 mi
- Mist Falls: 12.9 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 9.8 mi
- Valhalla: 14.5 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 15.0 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 16.0 mi
- Chocolate Block: 16.1 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 12.0 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 12.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 12.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 12.1 mi
- Kado's Garden: 12.2 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 13.5 mi
- Lathe Arch: 14.7 mi
- Mobius Arch: 14.7 mi
- Heart Arch: 14.8 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 15.9 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 12.0 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 12.1 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 12.7 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 18.0 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 18.3 mi
- Merritt Park: 12.1 mi
- Independence Park: 12.2 mi
- Dehy Park: 12.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 17.9 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 19.7 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Kearsarge: 8.6 mi
- San Carlos: 15.7 mi
- Bend City: 16.0 mi
- Paiute Mural: 12.2 mi
- Miss Alabama: 16.5 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 12.8 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 14.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Donald Downs Plaque. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | SSE 150° | 4,419.6 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Williamson | SE 126° | 4,383 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Russell | SSE 147° | 4,296 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | SE 142° | 4,275 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Barnard | SSE 147° | 4,266 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Stanford | NW 304° | 4,260.2 m | 1.6 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | WNW 300° | 4,254.4 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Keith | ENE 69° | 4,249 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 12 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9459361770
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