Mount Irvine
Mount Irvine rises to 4,222 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the northwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Mallory, a peak 0.5 miles away.
The story
Mount Irvine is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California. The summit is in the Inyo National Forest and the John Muir Wilderness. The peak was named in memory of Andrew Irvine, of the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition, who perished on Mount Everest, June, 1924. Norman Clyde proposed Irvine's and George H. Leigh Mallory's names following their loss after attaining the highest altitude reached by a mountaineer.
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Wikidata Q16892722, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,222 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Mallory: 0.5 mi
- Mount McAdie: 0.8 mi
- Mount Marsh: 0.8 mi
- Mount LeConte: 1.2 mi
- Wotan's Throne: 1.2 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 1.1 mi
- Indian Spring: 10.1 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 12.7 mi
- Boron Springs: 16.0 mi
- Soda Spring: 16.6 mi
- Walt's Point: 10.0 mi
- Cousin Jack: 10.9 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 11.2 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 13.0 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 13.1 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 8.2 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 8.3 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 8.4 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 8.5 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 8.7 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 10.1 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 10.3 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
- Volcano Falls: 15.8 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 16.7 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 6.8 mi
- Palette Arch: 8.4 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 8.5 mi
- Lathe Arch: 8.6 mi
- Mobius Arch: 8.6 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 12.9 mi
- Kado's Garden: 13.1 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 13.2 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 13.2 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 13.3 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 2.2 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 8.4 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 8.4 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 8.5 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 8.5 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 11.6 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 11.6 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 13.5 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 17.3 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 17.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 11.6 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 11.6 mi
- Merritt Park: 13.3 mi
- Independence Park: 17.1 mi
- Dehy Park: 17.6 mi
- Kearsarge: 17.9 mi
- San Carlos: 18.8 mi
- Bend City: 19.6 mi
- Swansea: 20.1 mi
- Keeler: 22.2 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 9.6 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 23.4 mi
- Miss Alabama: 9.6 mi
- Paiute Mural: 13.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 19.5 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Mount Irvine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NW 315° | 4,420 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Williamson | NNW 339° | 4,383 m | 7.4 mi |
| Keeler Needle | NW 311° | 4,361 m | 2.1 mi |
| Crooks Peak | NW 311° | 4,342 m | 2.0 mi |
| Lewis Peak | NW 310° | 4,307 m | 1.9 mi |
| Mount Russell | NNW 327° | 4,296 m | 2.8 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | NW 308° | 4,289 m | 1.9 mi |
| Mount Langley | SSE 149° | 4,277 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:02 | 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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 261821 — Mount Irvine, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358798311
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