Mount Goddard
Mount Goddard rises to 4,126 m in California. Mount Darwin stands 4,216 m to the north-northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Reinstein, a peak 1.9 miles away.
The story
Mount Goddard is a mountain of California's Sierra Nevada, in the north section of Kings Canyon National Park. Goddard forms the southwest boundary of the Evolution Basin. The peak is named for civil engineer George Henry Goddard, who surveyed the Sierra Nevada during the 1850s. The name was given by William Brewer's California Geological Survey party in 1864, during which year they made two unsuccessful attempts to climb the mountain. Fifteen years later, Lilbourne Winchell and Louis Davis completed the first recorded ascent on September 23, 1879. They scrambled up class 2 rock from the east side of Martha Lake to Goddard Col, and a lake and chute beyond. From here they attained the summit by way of the Southwest Ridge, and a short class 3 ridge between the two summits of Mount Goddard.
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Wikidata Q6920932, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4126 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Reinstein: 1.9 mi
- Mount Ithaca: 2.1 mi
- Scylla: 2.3 mi
- The Three Sirens: 2.5 mi
- Mount Solomons: 2.5 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 7.6 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 12.0 mi
- Triple Falls: 12.2 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 13.6 mi
- Cold Springs: 6.6 mi
- Grouse Spring: 15.1 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 19.8 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 21.7 mi
- Little Eden: 22.4 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 8.8 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 15.9 mi
- Qualls Camp: 18.6 mi
- Log Cabin: 19.5 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 21.0 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 14.5 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 13.7 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 18.2 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 20.0 mi
- Millpond Recreation Area: 22.8 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 23.5 mi
- Great Cliffs: 9.1 mi
- Windy Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 12.0 mi
- Muro Blanco: 17.3 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 21.1 mi
- Rock Monster: 5.6 mi
- John Muir Rock: 9.8 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 22.5 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 24.0 mi
- Jumping Rock: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Mount Goddard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Darwin | NNE 30° | 4,216 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Mendel | NNE 22° | 4,177 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Fiske | NE 51° | 4,116 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Thompson | ENE 65° | 4,115 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Lamarck | NNE 23° | 4,088 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Haeckel | NE 44° | 4,087 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Wallace | NE 49° | 4,079 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Powell | ENE 62° | 4,073 m | 5.3 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 | 07:06 | 16:01 | 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 | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 24 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797941
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