Mount LeConte
Mount LeConte rises to 4,246 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the northwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Corcoran, a peak 0.2 miles away.
The story
Mount Le Conte (or LeConte) is a mountain located in the Sierra Nevada of California. The boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties runs along the crest of the Sierra, across Mount Le Conte. The mountain was named in 1895 for Joseph Le Conte (1823–1901), the first professor of geology and natural history at the University of California.
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Wikidata Q6921791, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4245.9 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Corcoran: 0.2 mi
- Mount Mallory: 0.8 mi
- The Miter: 0.8 mi
- Mount Irvine: 1.2 mi
- Mount Langley: 1.4 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 2.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 9.5 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 13.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 16.1 mi
- French Spring: 16.9 mi
- Donald D. Brooks: 5.4 mi
- Walt's Point: 9.0 mi
- Cousin Jack: 10.6 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 10.9 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 12.3 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 8.1 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 8.3 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 8.4 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 8.4 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 8.5 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 10.3 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
- Volcano Falls: 15.2 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 17.5 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 13.5 mi
- Kado's Garden: 13.8 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 13.8 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 13.9 mi
- Barracks Garden: 13.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 6.8 mi
- Palette Arch: 8.1 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 8.2 mi
- Lathe Arch: 8.6 mi
- Mobius Arch: 8.6 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 3.1 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 8.1 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 8.2 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 8.2 mi
- Chocolate Block: 8.3 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 11.0 mi
- Spainhower Park: 11.4 mi
- Merritt Park: 14.0 mi
- Independence Park: 17.9 mi
- Dehy Park: 18.4 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 11.3 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 11.3 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 14.1 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 18.2 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 18.2 mi
- Kearsarge: 19.0 mi
- Swansea: 19.4 mi
- San Carlos: 19.4 mi
- Bend City: 20.3 mi
- Keeler: 21.3 mi
- Miss Alabama: 9.3 mi
- Paiute Mural: 13.9 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 9.6 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 22.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 19.9 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Mount LeConte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NW 319° | 4,419.6 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Williamson | NNW 338° | 4,383 m | 8.6 mi |
| Keeler Needle | NW 317° | 4,361.2 m | 3.2 mi |
| Crooks Peak | NW 317° | 4,341.7 m | 3.1 mi |
| Lewis Peak | NW 316° | 4,306.7 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Russell | NNW 327° | 4,296 m | 4.0 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | NW 315° | 4,289 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Langley | SSE 151° | 4,277 m | 1.4 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, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 262382 — Mount Le Conte, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358798481
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