Mount Eisen
Mount Eisen rises to 3,714 m in California. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the east-northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Cliff Creek Falls, a waterfall 1.5 miles away.
The story
Mount Eisen is a 12,185-foot-elevation (3,714-meter) double summit mountain located on the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, 1.6 miles (2.6 km) south of Lippincott Mountain. Mount Eisen ranks as the 380th highest summit in California. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises 3,500 feet (1,100 meters) above Pinto Lake in one mile. The summit can be reached from the southeast ridge via a long class 2 hike from Black Rock Pass.
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Wikidata Q49052549, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3714 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lippincott Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Empire Mountain: 2.2 mi
- North Sawtooth Peak: 2.5 mi
- Sawtooth Peak: 3.0 mi
- Eagle Scout Peak: 3.3 mi
- Tharp's Log: 10.6 mi
- Cleveland Tree: 10.7 mi
- Chimney Tree: 10.8 mi
- The Dead Giant: 11.1 mi
- Squatters Cabin: 11.2 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 1.5 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 1.5 mi
- Tufa Falls: 4.1 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 5.9 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 4.7 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 11.7 mi
- Wall Spring: 12.0 mi
- Granite Spring: 12.1 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 2.5 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 3.2 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 5.4 mi
- Alles Cabin: 6.3 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 11.4 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 11.4 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 20.7 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 21.3 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 22.7 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 22.8 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 23.5 mi
- Valhalla: 5.2 mi
- Window Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 18.6 mi
- Natural Arch: 14.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 14.4 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 24.0 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 12.2 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 18.7 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 9.1 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Mount Eisen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kaweah | ENE 69° | 4,205 m | 5.4 mi |
| Red Kaweah | NE 50° | 4,185 m | 4.5 mi |
| Michael's Pinnacle | NE 52° | 4,170.4 m | 4.5 mi |
| Second Kaweah | ENE 60° | 4,165.5 m | 4.8 mi |
| Milestone Mountain | NNE 26° | 4,149 m | 10.5 mi |
| Koontz Pinnacle | NE 45° | 4,145 m | 4.7 mi |
| Black Kaweah | NE 42° | 4,140 m | 4.4 mi |
| Midway Mountain | NNE 25° | 4,140 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 12 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 271022 — Mount Eisen, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358801212
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