Mount Emerson
Mount Emerson rises to 4,025 m in California. Mount Humphreys stands 4,263 m to the north-northwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Thoreau, a peak 1.3 miles away.
The story
Mount Emerson is located in the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County in eastern California, United States. Mount Emerson is the 116th highest mountain in California and the 671st highest mountain in the United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q18391301, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4025 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Thoreau: 1.3 mi
- Mount Humphreys: 2.2 mi
- Muriel Peak: 2.7 mi
- Cardinal Pinnacle: 3.4 mi
- Mount Lamarck: 3.4 mi
- Cold Springs: 13.1 mi
- Grouse Spring: 13.3 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 16.5 mi
- Artesian Well: 19.2 mi
- Artesian Well: 19.4 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 8.4 mi
- Millpond Recreation Area: 12.9 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 14.3 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 14.4 mi
- Bishop City Park: 16.7 mi
- Log Cabin: 10.7 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 11.7 mi
- Power Plant Ruin: 18.9 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 19.0 mi
- Qualls Camp: 21.7 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 8.1 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
- Second Falls: 13.3 mi
- First Falls: 14.1 mi
- Twin Falls: 17.3 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Great Cliffs: 16.1 mi
- Windy Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs: 19.8 mi
- Upper Gorge: 20.1 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Mono Creek Picnic Site: 20.4 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 20.9 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Rock Monster: 9.2 mi
- John Muir Rock: 9.5 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 20.8 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 15.5 mi
- American Mule Museum: 16.7 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 20.1 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 16.8 mi
- Casa Diablo: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Mount Emerson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Humphreys | NNW 332° | 4,263 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Darwin | S 191° | 4,216 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Mendel | SSW 198° | 4,177 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Tom | N 359° | 4,145 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Goddard | SSW 200° | 4,126 m | 10.3 mi |
| Cloudripper | SE 135° | 4,122 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Fiske | S 186° | 4,116 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Thompson | SSE 162° | 4,115 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358806418
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