Mount Fiske
Mount Fiske rises to 4,116 m in California. Mount Agassiz stands 4,235 m to the east-southeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Warlow, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mount Fiske is a 13,503-foot elevation (4,116 m) mountain summit located near the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of northern California, United States. It is situated in northern Kings Canyon National Park, 23 miles (37 km) west of the community of Big Pine, 0.83 miles (1.34 km) east of Mount Huxley, and two miles south of Mount Darwin, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Mount Fiske ranks as the 60th highest summit in California.
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Wikidata Q49052707, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4116 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Warlow: 0.7 mi
- Crumbly Spire: 0.8 mi
- Mount Huxley: 0.8 mi
- Clyde Spires West: 0.9 mi
- Mount Wallace: 0.9 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
- Second Falls: 11.7 mi
- Triple Falls: 12.2 mi
- First Falls: 12.4 mi
- Cold Springs: 9.4 mi
- Grouse Spring: 12.0 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 16.6 mi
- Fish Springs: 22.7 mi
- Little Eden: 23.2 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 14.7 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 17.0 mi
- Millpond Recreation Area: 19.3 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 19.9 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 20.0 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 11.8 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 17.3 mi
- Log Cabin: 17.5 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 17.5 mi
- Qualls Camp: 20.9 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 17.7 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Great Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Windy Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 14.1 mi
- Muro Blanco: 17.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Rock Monster: 3.2 mi
- John Muir Rock: 10.3 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 23.3 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 20.8 mi
- American Mule Museum: 21.9 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Mount Fiske. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agassiz | ESE 103° | 4,235 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Darwin | N 353° | 4,216 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Mendel | NNW 343° | 4,177 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Goddard | SW 231° | 4,126 m | 3.7 mi |
| Cloudripper | E 87° | 4,122 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Thompson | E 82° | 4,115 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Lamarck | N 358° | 4,088 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Haeckel | NNE 21° | 4,087 m | 1.1 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 | 07:05 | 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, 24 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 260170 — Mount Fiske, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797804
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