Mount Gould
Mount Gould rises to 3,964 m in California. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the south-southeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Dragon Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mount Gould is a thirteener on the Sierra crest, just north of the Kearsarge Pass.
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Wikidata Q6920947, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,964 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dragon Peak: 0.8 mi
- Falcor Peak: 0.8 mi
- Dragon Tooth: 1.0 mi
- Mount Rixford: 1.2 mi
- Painted Lady: 1.5 mi
- Tub Springs: 4.5 mi
- Boron Springs: 6.0 mi
- McGann Springs: 6.9 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 8.7 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 10.3 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 5.2 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 5.2 mi
- Mist Falls: 9.8 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 13.5 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 14.6 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 2.3 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 7.2 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 7.5 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 7.9 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 8.5 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 16.7 mi
- Boot Arch: 16.9 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 17.0 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 17.2 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 17.5 mi
- Muro Blanco: 12.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 15.1 mi
- Valhalla: 18.5 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 18.5 mi
- Windy Cliff: 18.7 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 12.5 mi
- Japanese Garden: 12.6 mi
- Arai Pond: 12.7 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 12.8 mi
- Kado's Garden: 12.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 17.4 mi
- Mobius Arch: 18.1 mi
- Lathe Arch: 18.1 mi
- Heart Arch: 18.2 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 19.3 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 9.7 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 9.9 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 13.2 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 21.1 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 21.4 mi
- Dehy Park: 9.8 mi
- Independence Park: 10.1 mi
- Merritt Park: 12.6 mi
- Spainhower Park: 21.0 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 23.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 3.6 mi
- Bend City: 14.0 mi
- San Carlos: 14.0 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 9.1 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 13.8 mi
- Paiute Mural: 12.7 mi
- Miss Alabama: 20.0 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Mount Gould. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | SSE 157° | 4,383 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | SSE 165° | 4,275 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Stanford | S 191° | 4,260 m | 5.3 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | S 191° | 4,254 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Keith | SSE 161° | 4,249 m | 5.8 mi |
| Trojan Peak | SSE 160° | 4,245 m | 10.1 mi |
| Junction Peak | S 174° | 4,224 m | 6.2 mi |
| Caltech Peak | S 186° | 4,217 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797958
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