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Mount Gardiner

Mount Gardiner, a peak in California
Mount Gardiner, a peak in CaliforniaTom Hilton · CC BY 2.0
Mount Gardiner, a peak in California
Will Keightley · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mount Gardiner, a peak in California
Tom Hilton · CC BY 2.0

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Mount Gardiner rises to 3,935 m in California. Mount Stanford stands 4,260 m to the south-southeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Gardiner Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away.

About

The story

Mount Gardiner is a 12,907-foot (3,934 m) summit of the Sierra Nevada in Fresno County, California in the United States, situated in the eastern part of Kings Canyon National Park. Some maps label this peak as Mount Gardner.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49052777, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3934.6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.80618, -118.45922
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 35
  • Chicken Ranch: 21.5 mi
  • Boot Arch: 21.7 mi
  • Cyclops Skull Arch: 21.7 mi
  • Man of Steel (movie site): 21.9 mi
  • Iron Man (movie site): 22.3 mi
Springs: 21
Waterfalls: 20
Historic sites: 17
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 2.6 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 4.4 mi
  • Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 4.4 mi
  • Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 4.8 mi
  • Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
Gardens: 11
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Rose Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Arai Pond: 17.5 mi
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 17.7 mi
Natural arches: 8
  • Whitney Portal Arch: 21.9 mi
  • Lathe Arch: 22.8 mi
  • Mobius Arch: 22.8 mi
  • Heart Arch: 22.8 mi
  • Hitching Post Arch: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
Museums: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Parks: 3
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Paiute Mural: 17.5 mi
  • Miss Alabama: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Mount Gardiner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount StanfordSSE 154°4,260.2 m7.9 mi
Gregory's MonumentSSE 154°4,254.4 m8.0 mi
Caltech PeakSSE 155°4,216.5 m8.9 mi
Mount EricssonSSE 162°4,150.7 m7.9 mi
University PeakSE 127°4,138 m6.7 mi
Mount BrewerSSW 192°4,136 m6.9 mi
Mount JordanS 176°4,058.8 m8.6 mi
North GuardSSW 195°4,058 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:3619:3820:17
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice07:0416:0116:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444754606979858376645243
Precip in1.40.90.70.20.10.10.10.10.10.20.50.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 14 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358797894

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