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Mount Clarence King

Mount Clarence King, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Clarence King rises to 3,932 m in California. Mount Stanford stands 4,260 m to the south-southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Cotter, a peak 1.0 miles away.

About

The story

Mount Clarence King, located in the Kings Canyon National Park, is named for Clarence King, who worked on the Whitney Survey, the first geological survey of California. King later became the first chief of the United States Geological Survey. The Peak is located along King Spur, a sub-range of the California's Sierra Nevada. It is north of Mount Cotter, northeast of Gardiner Basin, and west of Sixty Lakes Basin and the John Muir Trail. The first ascent was recorded by painter and lithographer Bolton Brown.

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Wikidata Q6920164, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3931.8 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.83366, -118.44659
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 24
Attractions: 20
  • Rock Monster: 21.5 mi
  • Chicken Ranch: 22.0 mi
  • Boot Arch: 22.2 mi
  • Cyclops Skull Arch: 22.3 mi
  • Man of Steel (movie site): 22.5 mi
Historic sites: 17
  • Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 2.9 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 3.0 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 6.0 mi
  • Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 6.0 mi
  • Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 16
Gardens: 11
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Rose Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Arai Pond: 17.6 mi
  • Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
  • South Lake Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Natural arches: 6
  • Whitney Portal Arch: 22.7 mi
  • Mobius Arch: 23.4 mi
  • Lathe Arch: 23.4 mi
  • Heart Arch: 23.5 mi
  • Hitching Post Arch: 24.7 mi
Parks: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 3
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Paiute Mural: 17.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Mount Clarence King. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount StanfordSSE 163°4,260.2 m9.4 mi
Gregory's MonumentSSE 163°4,254.4 m9.5 mi
Mount EricssonS 169°4,150.7 m9.6 mi
University PeakSE 142°4,138 m7.5 mi
Mount BrewerSSW 194°4,136 m8.9 mi
Mount PinchotNNE 16°4,113.6 m8.2 mi
North GuardSSW 197°4,058 m8.4 mi
Black MountainESE 114°4,045 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:3619:3820:17
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice07:0416:0116:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444754606979858376645243
Precip in1.40.90.70.20.10.10.10.10.10.20.50.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 14 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 258396 — Mount Clarence King, Fresno County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358797312

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