Goodale Mountain
Goodale Mountain rises to 3,901 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Striped Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Goodale Mountain is a 12,772-foot-elevation (3,893-meter) mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Inyo County of northern California. It is situated less than two miles southeast of Taboose Pass in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is also 16.5 miles (26.6 km) northwest of the community of Independence, and one mile northeast of Striped Mountain, the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as the east aspect rises 7,200 feet (2,200 meters) above Owens Valley in 3.5 miles. It ranks as the 218th highest peak in California.
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Wikidata Q49032276, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,900.5 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Striped Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mount Pinchot: 2.0 mi
- Cardinal Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Mount Wynne: 2.5 mi
- Mount Perkins: 3.1 mi
- Scotty Spring: 4.2 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 6.9 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 8.2 mi
- Little Blackrock Spring: 8.6 mi
- Hines Spring: 8.7 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 7.3 mi
- Aberdeen Station: 9.8 mi
- Prospect: 11.1 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 11.9 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 13.4 mi
- Triple Falls: 9.4 mi
- First Falls: 11.1 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 11.3 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 11.3 mi
- Second Falls: 11.8 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 20.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 21.0 mi
- Arai Pond: 21.0 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 21.2 mi
- Kado's Garden: 21.3 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 14.6 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 14.9 mi
- Dehy Park: 15.3 mi
- Independence Park: 16.0 mi
- Merritt Park: 21.0 mi
- Muro Blanco: 8.7 mi
- Windy Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Great Cliffs: 12.1 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 16.2 mi
- Kearsarge: 11.7 mi
- Bend City: 17.6 mi
- San Carlos: 18.5 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 15.5 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 15.6 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 21.4 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 8.3 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 12.8 mi
- Rock Monster: 16.1 mi
- Paiute Mural: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Goodale Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | NW 320° | 4,343 m | 11.0 mi |
| Starlight Peak | NW 320° | 4,324 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Sill | NW 323° | 4,316 m | 10.7 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | NW 320° | 4,298 m | 10.9 mi |
| Middle Palisade | NW 326° | 4,278 m | 8.2 mi |
| Split Mountain | NNW 329° | 4,269 m | 3.9 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | NW 320° | 4,268 m | 11.3 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | NW 326° | 4,259 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797948
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