Mount Darwin
Mount Darwin rises to 4,216 m in California. Mount Humphreys stands 4,263 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Mendel, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mount Darwin is a flat-topped mountain in the Sierra Nevada, on the border of between Fresno and Inyo counties in Kings Canyon National Park and the John Muir Wilderness of California.
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Wikidata Q2963260, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4216 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Mendel: 0.8 mi
- Mount Tom Ross: 0.9 mi
- Mount Spencer: 1.0 mi
- Mount Stephen Jay Gould: 1.2 mi
- Mount Haeckel: 1.3 mi
- Cold Springs: 9.6 mi
- Grouse Spring: 12.4 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 16.7 mi
- Iodone Springs: 21.8 mi
- Reed Pools: 21.8 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 13.1 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 17.4 mi
- Millpond Recreation Area: 17.6 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 18.4 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 18.5 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
- Second Falls: 12.2 mi
- First Falls: 12.9 mi
- Triple Falls: 14.2 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 13.7 mi
- Log Cabin: 15.4 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 16.0 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 19.4 mi
- Qualls Camp: 20.4 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 17.9 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Great Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- Windy Cliff: 12.7 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 16.2 mi
- Muro Blanco: 19.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Rock Monster: 4.8 mi
- John Muir Rock: 9.1 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 22.0 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 19.5 mi
- American Mule Museum: 20.6 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 24.0 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Mount Darwin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Humphreys | N 360° | 4,263 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Agassiz | ESE 116° | 4,235 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Mendel | NW 315° | 4,177 m | 0.8 mi |
| Mount Goddard | SSW 210° | 4,126 m | 5.1 mi |
| Cloudripper | ESE 102° | 4,122 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Fiske | S 173° | 4,116 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Thompson | ESE 117° | 4,115 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Lamarck | N 3° | 4,088 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797495
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