Mount Haeckel
Mount Haeckel rises to 4,087 m in California. Mount Agassiz stands 4,235 m to the east-southeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Wallace, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
Mount Haeckel is a 13,424-foot (4,092 m) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States. It is situated on the shared boundary of Kings Canyon National Park with John Muir Wilderness, and along the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County. It is 21.5 miles (34.6 km) west of the community of Big Pine, 1.27 miles (2.04 km) south-southeast of Mount Darwin, and one mile north-northeast of Mount Fiske, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Mount Haeckel ranks as the 71st highest summit in California.
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Wikidata Q49052877, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4087 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Wallace: 0.4 mi
- Picture Peak: 0.7 mi
- Crumbly Spire: 0.8 mi
- Clyde Spires West: 0.9 mi
- Clyde Spires East: 1.0 mi
- Cold Springs: 9.9 mi
- Grouse Spring: 11.7 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 16.1 mi
- Fish Springs: 22.5 mi
- Wam Springs: 22.9 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Second Falls: 11.4 mi
- First Falls: 12.1 mi
- Triple Falls: 12.9 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 13.7 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 17.6 mi
- Millpond Recreation Area: 18.2 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 18.9 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 18.9 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 12.9 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 16.5 mi
- Log Cabin: 16.6 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 18.2 mi
- Qualls Camp: 21.1 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 18.2 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Great Cliffs: 10.0 mi
- Windy Cliff: 11.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 15.1 mi
- Muro Blanco: 18.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Rock Monster: 3.5 mi
- John Muir Rock: 10.1 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 23.1 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 19.8 mi
- American Mule Museum: 20.9 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 24.3 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Mount Haeckel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agassiz | ESE 111° | 4,235 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Darwin | NNW 330° | 4,216 m | 1.3 mi |
| Mount Mendel | NW 325° | 4,177 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mount Goddard | SW 224° | 4,126 m | 4.6 mi |
| Cloudripper | E 95° | 4,122 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Fiske | SSW 201° | 4,116 m | 1.1 mi |
| Mount Thompson | ESE 102° | 4,115 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Lamarck | N 350° | 4,088 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 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, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 261003 — Mount Haeckel, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358798033
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