Glacier Monument
Glacier Monument rises to 3,401 m in California. Mount Stanford stands 4,260 m to the southeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Charlotte Dome, a peak 1.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49031588, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,401.2 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Charlotte Dome: 1.8 mi
- Mount Gardiner: 2.6 mi
- Buck Peak: 2.9 mi
- The Sphinx: 3.1 mi
- Mount Cotter: 3.8 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 20.2 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 20.4 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 20.6 mi
- Congress Group: 20.7 mi
- McKinley Tree: 20.7 mi
- Tub Springs: 11.3 mi
- McGann Springs: 12.3 mi
- Boron Springs: 13.0 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 13.4 mi
- Scotty Spring: 13.8 mi
- Mist Falls: 2.6 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 2.9 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 3.0 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 6.5 mi
- Triple Falls: 13.2 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 1.9 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 1.9 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 2.4 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 6.4 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 6.6 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 19.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 19.8 mi
- Arai Pond: 19.9 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 20.0 mi
- Kado's Garden: 20.0 mi
- Muro Blanco: 7.7 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 13.2 mi
- Windy Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Great Cliffs: 15.8 mi
- Valhalla: 16.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 16.7 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 16.8 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 20.4 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 21.9 mi
- Dehy Park: 16.8 mi
- Independence Park: 17.1 mi
- Merritt Park: 19.8 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 23.1 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 23.6 mi
- Lathe Arch: 24.6 mi
- Mobius Arch: 24.6 mi
- Heart Arch: 24.7 mi
- Kearsarge: 10.0 mi
- Bend City: 20.8 mi
- San Carlos: 21.0 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 15.5 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 21.9 mi
- Jumping Rock: 22.3 mi
- Paiute Mural: 19.9 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Glacier Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stanford | SE 137° | 4,260 m | 8.9 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | SE 138° | 4,254 m | 9.0 mi |
| Table Mountain | S 169° | 4,151 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Ericsson | SE 144° | 4,151 m | 8.6 mi |
| University Peak | ESE 114° | 4,138 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Brewer | S 170° | 4,136 m | 6.3 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | S 170° | 4,122 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Jordan | SSE 159° | 4,059 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 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 Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 224196 — Glacier Monument, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358766531
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