Mount Langley
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Mount Langley rises to 4,277 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is The Fin, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mount Langley is a mountain located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada, on the boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties in eastern California, in the United States. To the east is the Owens Valley, and to the west is the Kern River Valley. It is the ninth-highest peak in the state and the seventh-highest in the Sierra. Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States, lies 4.8 miles (7.7 km) to the northwest. Mount Langley also has the distinction of being the southernmost fourteener in the United States.
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Wikidata Q6921760, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4277 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Fin: 1.1 mi
- Mount Corcoran: 1.2 mi
- The Major General: 1.3 mi
- Mount LeConte: 1.4 mi
- The Miter: 1.6 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 3.6 mi
- Indian Spring: 9.1 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 13.7 mi
- Soda Spring: 15.5 mi
- French Spring: 17.1 mi
- Donald D. Brooks: 6.0 mi
- Walt's Point: 7.7 mi
- Cousin Jack: 10.6 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 10.9 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 13.7 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 8.3 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 8.6 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 8.6 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 8.7 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 8.7 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 10.4 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 12.2 mi
- Volcano Falls: 14.6 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 18.4 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 14.5 mi
- Kado's Garden: 14.7 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 14.7 mi
- Barracks Garden: 14.8 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 14.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 7.2 mi
- Palette Arch: 8.0 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 8.1 mi
- Lathe Arch: 8.9 mi
- Mobius Arch: 8.9 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 4.4 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 8.0 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 8.1 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 8.1 mi
- Chocolate Block: 8.2 mi
- Swansea: 18.6 mi
- Kearsarge: 20.4 mi
- San Carlos: 20.4 mi
- Keeler: 20.5 mi
- Bend City: 21.3 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 10.6 mi
- Spainhower Park: 11.3 mi
- Merritt Park: 14.9 mi
- Independence Park: 19.1 mi
- Dehy Park: 19.6 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 11.2 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 11.3 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 15.0 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 19.3 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 19.4 mi
- Miss Alabama: 9.3 mi
- Paiute Mural: 14.9 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 9.8 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 21.0 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 18.5 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Mount Langley. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NW 323° | 4,419.6 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Williamson | NNW 337° | 4,383 m | 10.0 mi |
| Keeler Needle | NW 321° | 4,361.2 m | 4.6 mi |
| Crooks Peak | NW 321° | 4,341.7 m | 4.5 mi |
| Lewis Peak | NW 321° | 4,306.7 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Russell | NNW 328° | 4,296 m | 5.4 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | NW 320° | 4,289 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | NNW 329° | 4,275 m | 10.6 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, 19 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 1654923 — Mount Langley, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/443528904
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