Mount Bago
Mount Bago rises to 3,607 m in California. Mount Tyndall stands 4,275 m to the southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Glacier Spike, a peak 2.1 miles away.
The story
Mount Bago is an 11,870-foot-elevation (3,620-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the southeast corner of Fresno County, in northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, 14 miles (23 km) west of the community of Independence, 2.3 miles west of the Kearsarge Pinnacles, and 2.4 miles southwest of Mount Rixford. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises 3,675 feet (1,120 meters) above Junction Meadow in one mile. The John Muir Trail passes to the northeast of this remote geographical feature. The first ascent of the summit was made July 11, 1896, by Joseph Nisbet LeConte and Wilson S. Gould.
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Wikidata Q49051951, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,607 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Glacier Spike: 2.1 mi
- Mount Rixford: 2.4 mi
- Charlotte Dome: 2.5 mi
- Painted Lady: 2.7 mi
- West Vidette: 2.7 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 19.3 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 19.4 mi
- Boot Arch: 19.4 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 19.7 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 20.0 mi
- Tub Springs: 7.9 mi
- Boron Springs: 9.4 mi
- McGann Springs: 9.8 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 11.4 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 12.7 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 3.5 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 3.5 mi
- Mist Falls: 6.8 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 10.2 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 13.4 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 2.2 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 4.5 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 5.1 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 5.2 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 7.2 mi
- Muro Blanco: 10.7 mi
- Valhalla: 16.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 16.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 17.3 mi
- Windy Cliff: 17.7 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 15.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 15.7 mi
- Arai Pond: 15.8 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 15.9 mi
- Kado's Garden: 15.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 19.5 mi
- Lathe Arch: 20.4 mi
- Mobius Arch: 20.4 mi
- Heart Arch: 20.5 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 21.7 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 13.1 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 13.3 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 16.3 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 23.4 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 23.6 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Dehy Park: 13.2 mi
- Independence Park: 13.5 mi
- Merritt Park: 15.7 mi
- Spainhower Park: 23.5 mi
- Kearsarge: 6.8 mi
- Bend City: 17.4 mi
- San Carlos: 17.4 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 12.4 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Paiute Mural: 15.8 mi
- Miss Alabama: 22.3 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Mount Bago. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tyndall | SE 145° | 4,275 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Stanford | SSE 153° | 4,260 m | 5.1 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | SSE 154° | 4,254 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Keith | SE 133° | 4,249 m | 7.1 mi |
| Junction Peak | SE 144° | 4,224 m | 6.8 mi |
| Caltech Peak | SSE 155° | 4,217 m | 6.2 mi |
| Table Mountain | SSW 195° | 4,151 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Ericsson | SSE 165° | 4,151 m | 5.2 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 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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, 13 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 256429 — Mount Bago, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796692
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