Cirque Peak
Cirque Peak rises to 3,930 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the north-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Trailmaster Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Cirque Peak is a 12,900-foot-elevation (3,900-meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. It is situated on the common border of Tulare County with Inyo County, as well as the shared boundary of Golden Trout Wilderness and John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is 14 miles (23 km) southwest of the community of Lone Pine, 7.7 miles (12.4 km) south-southeast of Mount Whitney, and 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south of Mount Langley, the nearest higher neighbor. Cirque Peak is the highest point of the Golden Trout Wilderness, and ranks as the 175th highest peak in California. Topographic relief is significant as it rises 1,800 feet (550 meters) above Cirque Lake in approximately one mile. The Pacific Crest Trail traverses the southwest slope of this mountain, providing an approach option. The mountain was apparently named in 1890 by Joseph Nisbet LeConte and companions who noted the remarkable cirque on the north aspect.
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Wikidata Q35734823, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,930 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Trailmaster Peak: 1.2 mi
- Army Pass Point: 1.3 mi
- Flat Top: 2.2 mi
- The Major General: 2.7 mi
- The Fin: 2.8 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 6.4 mi
- Indian Spring: 10.4 mi
- Soda Spring: 13.2 mi
- Iron Spring: 14.2 mi
- River Spring: 15.6 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 10.6 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 10.9 mi
- Django Unchained (movie site): 10.9 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 11.0 mi
- Yellow Sky (movie site): 11.0 mi
- Walt's Point: 6.8 mi
- Cousin Jack: 12.4 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 12.7 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 16.7 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 17.6 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 9.8 mi
- Palette Arch: 10.0 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 10.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 11.2 mi
- Natural Arch: 11.2 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 9.9 mi
- Volcano Falls: 12.2 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 13.4 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 13.5 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 19.5 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 17.5 mi
- Kado's Garden: 17.7 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 17.8 mi
- Barracks Garden: 17.8 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 17.9 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 7.6 mi
- Window Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 10.0 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 10.0 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 10.0 mi
- Swansea: 18.8 mi
- Keeler: 20.2 mi
- San Carlos: 23.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 23.5 mi
- Bend City: 24.4 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Spainhower Park: 13.2 mi
- Merritt Park: 18.0 mi
- Independence Park: 22.3 mi
- Dehy Park: 22.8 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 13.0 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 13.1 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 18.0 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 22.5 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 22.5 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 9.4 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 19.0 mi
- Miss Alabama: 11.3 mi
- Paiute Mural: 17.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 16.1 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Cirque Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NNW 336° | 4,420 m | 7.7 mi |
| Keeler Needle | NNW 336° | 4,361 m | 7.5 mi |
| Crooks Peak | NNW 336° | 4,342 m | 7.4 mi |
| Lewis Peak | NNW 336° | 4,307 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Russell | NNW 339° | 4,296 m | 8.4 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | NNW 336° | 4,289 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Langley | N 358° | 4,277 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Muir | NNW 334° | 4,275 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 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, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358801075
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