Mount Huxley
Mount Huxley rises to 3,989 m in California. Mount Darwin stands 4,216 m to the north-northeast, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Warlow, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mount Huxley is a 13,092-foot (3,990 m) mountain in the Sierra Nevada, in Fresno County. It is on the Goddard Divide in Kings Canyon National Park and rises above the Evolution Basin. Other nearby mountains in the group include Mount Darwin, Mount Fiske, Mount Haeckel, Mount Mendel, Mount Spencer, Mount Wallace, and Mount Lamarck. The area around the peaks, known as the Evolution Region, includes Evolution Basin, Evolution Valley, Evolution Meadow and Evolution Creek.
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Wikidata Q49053149, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3989 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Warlow: 0.7 mi
- Mount Fiske: 0.8 mi
- Mount Spencer: 1.3 mi
- Mount Haeckel: 1.6 mi
- Crumbly Spire: 1.6 mi
- Cold Springs: 8.5 mi
- Grouse Spring: 12.9 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 17.4 mi
- Little Eden: 22.5 mi
- Iodone Springs: 22.5 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 7.2 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
- Second Falls: 12.5 mi
- Triple Falls: 12.6 mi
- First Falls: 13.2 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 15.2 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 16.2 mi
- Millpond Recreation Area: 19.8 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 20.4 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 20.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 11.5 mi
- Log Cabin: 17.4 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 17.4 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 18.0 mi
- Qualls Camp: 20.1 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 16.8 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Great Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Windy Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 14.0 mi
- Muro Blanco: 18.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.4 mi
- Rock Monster: 3.9 mi
- John Muir Rock: 9.6 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 22.7 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 21.4 mi
- American Mule Museum: 22.5 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Mount Huxley. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Darwin | NNE 15° | 4,216 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Mendel | N 1° | 4,177 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Goddard | SW 222° | 4,126 m | 3.0 mi |
| Cloudripper | E 87° | 4,122 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Fiske | E 87° | 4,116 m | 0.8 mi |
| Mount Thompson | E 83° | 4,115 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Lamarck | N 9° | 4,088 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Haeckel | NE 49° | 4,087 m | 1.6 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 | 07:05 | 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, 24 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 261665 — Mount Huxley, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358798244
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