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Cross Mountain

Cross Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Cross Mountain rises to 3,709 m in California. Mount Stanford stands 4,260 m to the east-southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Farquhar, a peak 0.6 miles away.

The story

Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.

Wikidata Q35736530, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3,709 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.73603, -118.50326

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 36
Springs: 21
Waterfalls: 20
Historic sites: 18
  • Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 2.2 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 3.4 mi
  • Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 5.7 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 6.2 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
Gardens: 9
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 19.1 mi
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Arai Pond: 19.2 mi
  • Kado's Garden: 19.2 mi
Natural arches: 8
  • Whitney Portal Arch: 21.4 mi
  • Lathe Arch: 22.6 mi
  • Mobius Arch: 22.6 mi
  • Heart Arch: 22.6 mi
  • Hitching Post Arch: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
Museums: 4
Parks: 4
  • Dehy Park: 17.3 mi
  • Independence Park: 17.5 mi
  • Merritt Park: 19.1 mi
  • General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Paiute Mural: 19.2 mi
  • Miss Alabama: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Cross Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount StanfordESE4,260 m6.3 mi
Gregory's MonumentESE4,254 m6.4 mi
Mount KeithESE4,249 m9.2 mi
Junction PeakESE4,224 m8.2 mi
Caltech PeakESE4,217 m7.0 mi
Table MountainSSE4,151 m5.5 mi
Mount EricssonESE4,151 m5.6 mi
Milestone MountainS4,149 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:3619:3820:17
September equinox06:4318:1818:52
December solstice07:0416:0216:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283034384654616055453527
Precip in8.77.96.43.22.00.70.60.10.72.33.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 16 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358764346

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