Mount Chamberlin
Mount Chamberlin rises to 4,011 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the north-northeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Newcomb, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mount Chamberlin is a 13,169-foot-elevation (4,014-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, and is 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south-southwest of Mount Whitney, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Mount Hitchcock, and 3.5 miles west of Mount Corcoran. Topographic relief is significant as it rises approximately 1,830 feet (560 meters) above Crabtree Lakes in one-half mile. Mt. Chamberlin ranks as the 119th highest summit in California. This mountain's name was officially adopted in 1940 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor American geologist Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843–1928). The first ascent of the summit was made by Sierra Club member J. H. Czock, date unknown.
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Wikidata Q49052278, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4011 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Newcomb: 1.1 mi
- Mount Pickering: 1.2 mi
- Joe Devel Peak: 1.5 mi
- Mount Hitchcock: 1.5 mi
- Discovery Pinnacle: 2.0 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 11.2 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 11.4 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 11.4 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 11.5 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 11.7 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 2.5 mi
- Indian Spring: 12.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 14.1 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 15.7 mi
- Soda Spring: 16.8 mi
- Donald D. Brooks: 8.2 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 11.4 mi
- Walt's Point: 11.6 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 12.4 mi
- Cousin Jack: 13.8 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 7.3 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- Volcano Falls: 13.3 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 14.4 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 15.6 mi
- Kado's Garden: 15.8 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 15.9 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 15.9 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 15.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 9.8 mi
- Palette Arch: 11.3 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 11.4 mi
- Lathe Arch: 11.6 mi
- Mobius Arch: 11.7 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 4.9 mi
- Window Cliffs: 10.3 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 11.4 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 11.4 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 11.5 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 14.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 14.6 mi
- Merritt Park: 15.9 mi
- Independence Park: 19.3 mi
- Dehy Park: 19.7 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 14.6 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 14.6 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 16.1 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 19.5 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 19.5 mi
- Kearsarge: 19.1 mi
- San Carlos: 21.3 mi
- Bend City: 22.1 mi
- Swansea: 22.6 mi
- Keeler: 24.5 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 6.5 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 24.5 mi
- Miss Alabama: 12.6 mi
- Paiute Mural: 15.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 21.4 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Mount Chamberlin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NNE 18° | 4,419.6 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Williamson | N 360° | 4,383 m | 8.5 mi |
| Keeler Needle | NNE 20° | 4,361.2 m | 3.1 mi |
| Crooks Peak | NNE 21° | 4,341.7 m | 3.0 mi |
| Lewis Peak | NNE 23° | 4,306.7 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Russell | NNE 16° | 4,296 m | 4.1 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | NNE 23° | 4,289 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mount Langley | E 100° | 4,277 m | 4.0 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 | 20:16 |
| 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: 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, 19 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 258188 — Mount Chamberlin, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797232
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