Discovery Pinnacle
Discovery Pinnacle rises to 4,192 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the north, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Muir, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
Summit in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49024996, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,192.0 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Muir: 0.4 mi
- S'brutal Tower: 0.6 mi
- Aiguille Junior: 0.7 mi
- Mount Marsh: 0.7 mi
- Wotan's Throne: 0.8 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 0.5 mi
- Indian Spring: 11.6 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 13.7 mi
- Boron Springs: 15.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 16.1 mi
- Walt's Point: 11.4 mi
- Cousin Jack: 12.3 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 12.6 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 13.5 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 13.7 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 9.5 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 9.6 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 9.7 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 9.8 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 9.9 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 9.3 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 15.2 mi
- Volcano Falls: 15.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 8.1 mi
- Palette Arch: 9.8 mi
- Lathe Arch: 9.9 mi
- Mobius Arch: 9.9 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 9.9 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 13.5 mi
- Kado's Garden: 13.7 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 13.8 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 13.8 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 13.8 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 2.9 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 9.7 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 9.9 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 10.0 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 10.0 mi
- Spainhower Park: 13.0 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 13.1 mi
- Merritt Park: 13.9 mi
- Independence Park: 17.3 mi
- Dehy Park: 17.8 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 13.0 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 13.0 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 14.1 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 17.5 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 17.5 mi
- Kearsarge: 17.5 mi
- San Carlos: 19.3 mi
- Bend City: 20.1 mi
- Swansea: 21.6 mi
- Keeler: 23.7 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 8.5 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 24.7 mi
- Miss Alabama: 11.0 mi
- Paiute Mural: 13.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 19.5 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Discovery Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | N 356° | 4,420 m | 1.4 mi |
| Mount Williamson | N 350° | 4,383 m | 6.8 mi |
| Keeler Needle | N 357° | 4,361 m | 1.2 mi |
| Crooks Peak | N 360° | 4,342 m | 1.1 mi |
| Lewis Peak | N 2° | 4,307 m | 1.0 mi |
| Mount Russell | N 359° | 4,296 m | 2.2 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | N 2° | 4,289 m | 1.0 mi |
| Mount Langley | SE 130° | 4,277 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:37 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| 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, 17 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358806356
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