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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
3709 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.73603, -118.50326

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 36
Springs: 21
Historic sites: 20
  • 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
  • Donald Downs Plaque: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 20
Cliffs: 13
Gardens: 11
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 19.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 19.1 mi
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Arai Pond: 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 StanfordESE 110°4,260.2 m6.3 mi
Gregory's MonumentESE 112°4,254.4 m6.4 mi
Mount KeithESE 106°4,249 m9.2 mi
Junction PeakESE 112°4,224 m8.2 mi
Caltech PeakESE 118°4,216.5 m7.0 mi
Table MountainSSE 163°4,151 m5.5 mi
Mount EricssonESE 119°4,150.7 m5.6 mi
Milestone MountainS 171°4,149 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 5080 °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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