Johnson Peak
Johnson Peak rises to 3,468 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Whitney Cone, a peak 2.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the southern Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49040090, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,468 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Whitney Cone: 2.4 mi
- Mount Anna Mills: 3.9 mi
- Groundhog Cone: 4.3 mi
- Tunnel Cone: 4.7 mi
- Red Hill: 5.3 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 17.0 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 17.3 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 17.4 mi
- Django Unchained (movie site): 17.4 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 17.4 mi
- Soda Spring: 6.6 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 10.2 mi
- River Spring: 11.9 mi
- Iron Spring: 12.3 mi
- Olivas Spring: 14.8 mi
- Walt's Point: 12.7 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 13.1 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 14.4 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 14.9 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 15.0 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 5.7 mi
- Volcano Falls: 5.7 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 12.4 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 12.4 mi
- Tufa Falls: 14.8 mi
- Natural Arch: 4.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 4.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 16.0 mi
- Palette Arch: 16.5 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 16.6 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 23.1 mi
- Kado's Garden: 23.3 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 23.4 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 23.4 mi
- Barracks Garden: 23.4 mi
- Window Cliffs: 3.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 12.3 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 16.6 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 16.6 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 16.6 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 18.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 19.8 mi
- Merritt Park: 23.5 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 19.6 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 19.7 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 23.6 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 5.7 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 22.3 mi
- Miss Alabama: 17.9 mi
- Paiute Mural: 23.4 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 18.7 mi
- Swansea: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Johnson Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NNE 12° | 4,420 m | 11.2 mi |
| Keeler Needle | NNE 12° | 4,361 m | 11.0 mi |
| Crooks Peak | NNE 12° | 4,342 m | 10.9 mi |
| Lewis Peak | NNE 13° | 4,307 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Russell | NNE 11° | 4,296 m | 12.0 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | NNE 13° | 4,289 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Langley | NE 36° | 4,277 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Muir | NNE 13° | 4,275 m | 10.3 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 | 20:15 |
| 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: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358801521
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