Mount Jordan
Mount Jordan rises to 4,059 m in California. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the east-southeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Crag Reflection, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mount Jordan is a remote 13,343-foot-elevation (4,067-meter) mountain summit located on the Kings–Kern Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated on the shared boundary of Kings Canyon National Park with Sequoia National Park, 3.1 miles (5.0 km) southwest of Mount Stanford, and one mile west of Mount Genevra, which is the nearest neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises 3,313 feet (1,010 meters) above Lake Reflection in 1.3 mile. Mount Jordan ranks as the 84th highest summit in California, and the fifth-highest peak on the Kings–Kern Divide.
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Wikidata Q49053242, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,058.8 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Crag Reflection: 0.8 mi
- Mount Genevra: 0.9 mi
- Sky Pilot Peak: 1.6 mi
- Thunder Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Table Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 17.8 mi
- Boot Arch: 17.9 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 18.1 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 18.2 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 18.3 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 7.4 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 7.6 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 9.3 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 9.4 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 9.4 mi
- Tub Springs: 11.6 mi
- Boron Springs: 12.3 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 12.5 mi
- McGann Springs: 14.6 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 16.5 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 5.5 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 6.9 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 8.1 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 10.3 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 12.2 mi
- Valhalla: 10.8 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 12.8 mi
- Muro Blanco: 16.2 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 18.8 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 19.7 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 17.2 mi
- Lathe Arch: 18.6 mi
- Mobius Arch: 18.6 mi
- Heart Arch: 18.7 mi
- Palette Arch: 19.7 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 16.3 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 16.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 16.4 mi
- Kado's Garden: 16.5 mi
- Arai Pond: 16.5 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 21.1 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 15.9 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 16.0 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 17.0 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 19.7 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 22.0 mi
- Independence Park: 16.1 mi
- Dehy Park: 16.1 mi
- Merritt Park: 16.5 mi
- Spainhower Park: 21.9 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 23.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 11.2 mi
- San Carlos: 19.8 mi
- Bend City: 20.0 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 16.2 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Paiute Mural: 16.5 mi
- Miss Alabama: 20.4 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Mount Jordan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | ESE 103° | 4,383 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | ESE 106° | 4,275 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Barnard | ESE 118° | 4,266 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Stanford | ENE 63° | 4,260 m | 3.3 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | ENE 66° | 4,254 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Keith | ENE 78° | 4,249 m | 6.0 mi |
| Trojan Peak | ESE 110° | 4,245 m | 8.0 mi |
| Junction Peak | E 83° | 4,224 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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, 16 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 254840 — Mount Jordan, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796122
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