Hurd Peak
Hurd Peak rises to 3,730 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the southeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Chocolate Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
Hurd Peak is a 12,237-foot-elevation (3,730-meter) mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County of northern California, United States. Surrounded by lakes, it is situated in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is approximately 16 miles (26 km) west of the community of Big Pine, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Picture Puzzle, and 1.23 miles (1.98 km) north of parent Mount Goode. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises nearly 2,500 feet (760 meters) above South Lake in approximately one mile.
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Wikidata Q49038106, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3730 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Chocolate Peak: 1.0 mi
- Mount Goode: 1.2 mi
- Mount Johnson: 1.4 mi
- Picture Puzzle: 1.8 mi
- Mount Gilbert: 1.8 mi
- Grouse Spring: 6.4 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 11.0 mi
- Cold Springs: 15.0 mi
- Fish Springs: 17.2 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 18.1 mi
- Second Falls: 6.1 mi
- First Falls: 6.8 mi
- Triple Falls: 10.8 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 12.9 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 13.0 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 12.8 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 15.2 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 15.4 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 16.7 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 16.8 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 23.2 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Great Cliffs: 8.9 mi
- Windy Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 15.6 mi
- Muro Blanco: 16.2 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 17.4 mi
- American Mule Museum: 18.3 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 21.5 mi
- Rock Monster: 3.4 mi
- John Muir Rock: 15.2 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Hurd Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | SE 138° | 4,343 m | 4.3 mi |
| Starlight Peak | SE 138° | 4,323.7 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Sill | SE 132° | 4,316 m | 4.7 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | SE 138° | 4,298.2 m | 4.4 mi |
| Middle Palisade | SE 132° | 4,278.2 m | 7.2 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | SE 138° | 4,268 m | 4.0 mi |
| Barrett Peak | SE 137° | 4,258 m | 4.8 mi |
| Norman Clyde Peak | SE 132° | 4,245.2 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 261655 — Hurd Peak, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358798238
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