Mount Ericsson
Mount Ericsson rises to 4,151 m in California. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the east-southeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Gregory's Monument, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mount Ericsson is a 13,589-foot (4,142 m) summit on the Kings-Kern Divide, an offshoot of the Great Western Divide. It marks the boundary between Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park. Water falling on the north slopes flow into the Kings River by way of Bubbs Creek while the southern slopes form the headwaters of the Kern River. The summit was first reached in 1896 by Bolton and Lucy Brown who climbed the easy west ridge from Lucy's Foot Pass, a class 2 col, west of the summit. They named it Crag Ericsson "in honor of Captn John Ericsson … in recognition of its extremely craggy character." John Ericsson was the engineer and inventor who designed and built the Monitor. The name was submitted to the U.S. Geographic Board by the National Park Service. The Board accepted the name Mount Ericsson in 1928. The name Ericsson Crags did appear on the 15 minute Mount Whitney map and the name Crag Ericsson appears on the Mount Ericsson GNIS page. as a variant name. On the ridge that extends to the north from the main summit, there a number craggy sub-peaks known as the Ericsson Crags. Most of the climbing routes here are class 4 or better.
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Wikidata Q23950180, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4150.7 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Gregory's Monument: 1.1 mi
- Deerhorn Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mount Stanford: 1.1 mi
- The Minster: 1.4 mi
- Mount Genevra: 1.4 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 16.2 mi
- Boot Arch: 16.2 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 16.5 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 16.6 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 16.9 mi
- Tub Springs: 9.5 mi
- Boron Springs: 10.1 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 11.9 mi
- McGann Springs: 12.7 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 14.7 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 2.4 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 3.9 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 7.4 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 8.6 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 10.0 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 8.5 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 8.7 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 8.7 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Mist Falls: 11.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 11.8 mi
- Valhalla: 12.9 mi
- Muro Blanco: 15.8 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 17.3 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 18.3 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 14.2 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 14.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 14.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 14.4 mi
- Kado's Garden: 14.4 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 15.8 mi
- Lathe Arch: 17.0 mi
- Mobius Arch: 17.0 mi
- Heart Arch: 17.1 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 18.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 13.7 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 13.8 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 14.9 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 20.4 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 20.7 mi
- Independence Park: 13.9 mi
- Dehy Park: 13.9 mi
- Merritt Park: 14.4 mi
- Spainhower Park: 20.3 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 22.0 mi
- Kearsarge: 9.2 mi
- San Carlos: 17.6 mi
- Bend City: 17.8 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 14.0 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- Paiute Mural: 14.4 mi
- Miss Alabama: 18.8 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 15.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Mount Ericsson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | ESE 116° | 4,383 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | SE 124° | 4,275 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Barnard | SE 133° | 4,266 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Stanford | ENE 66° | 4,260.2 m | 1.1 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | ENE 72° | 4,254.4 m | 1.1 mi |
| Mount Keith | E 87° | 4,249 m | 3.9 mi |
| Trojan Peak | SE 125° | 4,245 m | 6.7 mi |
| Junction Peak | E 99° | 4,224 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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, 14 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 223236 — Mount Ericsson, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358765525
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