Mount Gayley
Mount Gayley rises to 4,106 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the southwest, 1.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Apex Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away.
The story
Mount Gayley is a 13,510-foot-elevation (4,120-meter) mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County, California, United States. It is situated in the Palisades area of the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is approximately 13 miles (21 km) west-southwest of the community of Big Pine, 0.67 miles (1.08 km) southwest of Temple Crag, and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north-northeast of parent Mount Sill. Mount Gayley ranks as the 59th highest summit in California.
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Wikidata Q49052787, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4106 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Apex Peak: 0.5 mi
- Mount Sill: 0.5 mi
- Temple Crag: 0.7 mi
- Barrett Peak: 0.9 mi
- Polemonium Peak: 0.9 mi
- Grouse Spring: 3.9 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 8.5 mi
- Fish Springs: 13.3 mi
- Scotty Spring: 15.0 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 15.3 mi
- Second Falls: 3.3 mi
- First Falls: 3.5 mi
- Triple Falls: 8.7 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 17.2 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 12.3 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 12.6 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 15.5 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 18.1 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 18.2 mi
- Windy Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Great Cliffs: 8.2 mi
- Muro Blanco: 13.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 15.2 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.4 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 22.8 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Rock Monster: 6.6 mi
- John Muir Rock: 19.6 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 24.7 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 18.5 mi
- American Mule Museum: 19.2 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 22.1 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 23.7 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 19.1 mi
- Kearsarge: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Mount Gayley. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | SW 233° | 4,343 m | 1.0 mi |
| Starlight Peak | WSW 238° | 4,323.7 m | 1.0 mi |
| Mount Sill | SSW 201° | 4,316 m | 0.5 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | SW 226° | 4,298.2 m | 0.9 mi |
| Middle Palisade | SE 143° | 4,278.2 m | 2.8 mi |
| Split Mountain | SE 143° | 4,269 m | 7.1 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | WSW 249° | 4,268 m | 1.0 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | SE 144° | 4,258.6 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 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, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358775730
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