Lone Pine Peak
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Lone Pine Peak rises to 3,941 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the west-northwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Candlelight Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Lone Pine Peak is located on the east side of the Sierra Nevada range just west of the town of Lone Pine, California in Inyo County, in eastern California in the southwestern United States. The summit marks the eastern boundary of the John Muir Wilderness in the Inyo National Forest. Lone Pine Peak is the mountain in the photo for the default desktop wallpaper of macOS Sierra.
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Wikidata Q14683160, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,941 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Candlelight Peak: 1.2 mi
- Mount LeConte: 2.0 mi
- Mount Corcoran: 2.1 mi
- Mount Irvine: 2.1 mi
- Mount Mallory: 2.2 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 3.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 8.0 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 11.0 mi
- French Spring: 14.9 mi
- Boron Springs: 15.8 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 6.1 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 6.3 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 6.4 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 6.4 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 6.6 mi
- Walt's Point: 8.7 mi
- Cousin Jack: 8.7 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 9.1 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 11.8 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 11.9 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 12.2 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 12.3 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
- Volcano Falls: 17.2 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 18.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 4.8 mi
- Palette Arch: 6.2 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 6.3 mi
- Lathe Arch: 6.6 mi
- Mobius Arch: 6.6 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 11.7 mi
- Kado's Garden: 11.9 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 12.0 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 12.0 mi
- Barracks Garden: 12.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 2.2 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 6.3 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 6.3 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 6.4 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 6.4 mi
- San Carlos: 17.6 mi
- Kearsarge: 18.0 mi
- Swansea: 18.0 mi
- Bend City: 18.5 mi
- Keeler: 20.2 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 9.5 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 9.5 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 12.2 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 16.6 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 16.6 mi
- Spainhower Park: 9.5 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
- Merritt Park: 12.2 mi
- Independence Park: 16.4 mi
- Dehy Park: 16.9 mi
- Miss Alabama: 7.5 mi
- Paiute Mural: 12.1 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 11.6 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 22.2 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 19.0 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Lone Pine Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | WNW 287° | 4,420 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Williamson | NW 324° | 4,383 m | 8.1 mi |
| Keeler Needle | WNW 285° | 4,361 m | 3.8 mi |
| Crooks Peak | WNW 284° | 4,342 m | 3.7 mi |
| Lewis Peak | WNW 283° | 4,307 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Russell | WNW 298° | 4,296 m | 4.1 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | WNW 281° | 4,289 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Langley | SSW 196° | 4,277 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:01 | 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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 262806 — Lone Pine Peak, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358798612
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