Gillett Mountain
Gillett Mountain rises to 2,548 m in California. Tower Peak stands 3,582 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bartlett Peak, a peak 1.8 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49031484, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,548 m
How to reach it
- 19.4 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
- 26.5 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 24 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 27 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 27 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bartlett Peak: 1.8 mi
- Mercur Peak: 1.8 mi
- Wheeler Peak: 3.5 mi
- Nance Peak: 3.7 mi
- Richardson Peak: 5.9 mi
- Sachse Spring: 3.5 mi
- Box Spring: 6.2 mi
- Shingle Spring: 8.6 mi
- Salt Spring: 12.8 mi
- Hull Creek Spring: 13.7 mi
- Wapama Falls: 10.2 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 10.4 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 11.9 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 12.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 14.2 mi
- Beach 2: 12.0 mi
- Beach 1: 12.1 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 12.1 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 16.0 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 15.4 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 20.5 mi
- Bridgeport: 22.4 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 23.9 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 15.4 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 23.9 mi
- Nature Museum: 16.3 mi
- Interpretive Center: 16.3 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 21.1 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 23.4 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 24.3 mi
- East Flange Rock: 9.0 mi
- Strawberry: 13.3 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Gillett Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Peak | E 81° | 3,582 m | 13.5 mi |
| Leavitt Peak | NNE 33° | 3,516 m | 14.2 mi |
| Ehrnbeck Peak | E 84° | 3,428 m | 15.2 mi |
| Forsyth Peak | ENE 75° | 3,408 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hawksbeak Peak | E 80° | 3,394 m | 15.7 mi |
| Wells Peak | E 88° | 3,389 m | 14.4 mi |
| Craig Peak | E 85° | 3,379 m | 12.8 mi |
| Acker Peak | E 91° | 3,356 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hetch Hetchy, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797923
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 29 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 29 mi
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