Mount McAdie
Mount McAdie rises to 4,206 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the north-northwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Marsh, a peak 0.2 miles away.
The story
Mount McAdie is a summit on the crest of the Sierra Nevada, and is located 2.1 miles (3.4 km) south of Mount Whitney. It has three summits, with the north peak being the highest. The summit ridge marks the boundary between Sequoia National Park and the John Muir Wilderness. It is also on the boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties. Lone Pine, 12.4 miles (20.0 km) to the northeast, is in the Owens Valley on U.S. 395. In 1905, the mountain was named in honor of Alexander G. McAdie by James E. Church. McAdie ran the U.S. Weather Bureau in San Francisco at the time, and had visited the summit of Mount Whitney in 1903. The name first appeared on a map in 1956 with the publication of the USGS, 15 minute, Mount Whitney Quadrangle topographic map. The north summit can be reached from Arc Pass, and was first climbed by Norman Clyde in 1922. The west face was first climbed in 1954, and is a class 4 ascent. In 1968, capable rock climber 27-year-old Anita Ossofsky and a fellow climber, who were well qualified and properly equipped, ascended class 3 terrain on Mt. McAdie in good weather from Arc Pass, traversed from the east face of Middle Peak to the gulley (which divides Middle and North Peaks), and at the top of the gulley, apparently a hand-hold of Ossofsky's gave way. She fell approximately 10 feet to a ledge, from which she rolled off and fell about an additional 150 feet before coming to rest in the gulley, dying immediately.
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Wikidata Q6922077, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4205.9 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Marsh: 0.2 mi
- Mount Irvine: 0.8 mi
- Mount Mallory: 0.8 mi
- Discovery Pinnacle: 0.9 mi
- Wotan's Throne: 1.1 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 0.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 10.8 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 13.4 mi
- Soda Spring: 16.1 mi
- Boron Springs: 16.3 mi
- Donald D. Brooks: 6.0 mi
- Walt's Point: 10.5 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 11.0 mi
- Cousin Jack: 11.6 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 11.9 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 8.9 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 9.1 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 9.2 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 9.2 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 9.4 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 9.5 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 9.6 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Volcano Falls: 15.2 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 16.0 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 13.5 mi
- Kado's Garden: 13.7 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 13.8 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 13.8 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 13.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 7.5 mi
- Palette Arch: 9.1 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 9.2 mi
- Lathe Arch: 9.4 mi
- Mobius Arch: 9.4 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 2.7 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 9.1 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 9.2 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 9.3 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 9.3 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 12.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 12.4 mi
- Merritt Park: 13.9 mi
- Independence Park: 17.5 mi
- Dehy Park: 18.0 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 12.3 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 12.4 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 14.1 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 17.7 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 17.8 mi
- Kearsarge: 18.0 mi
- San Carlos: 19.3 mi
- Bend City: 20.2 mi
- Swansea: 20.8 mi
- Keeler: 22.8 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 8.8 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 23.8 mi
- Miss Alabama: 10.3 mi
- Paiute Mural: 13.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 19.8 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Mount McAdie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NNW 335° | 4,419.6 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mount Williamson | NNW 345° | 4,383 m | 7.5 mi |
| Keeler Needle | NNW 333° | 4,361.2 m | 1.8 mi |
| Crooks Peak | NNW 333° | 4,341.7 m | 1.8 mi |
| Lewis Peak | NNW 333° | 4,306.7 m | 1.7 mi |
| Mount Russell | NNW 343° | 4,296 m | 2.8 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | NNW 332° | 4,289 m | 1.6 mi |
| Mount Langley | SE 134° | 4,277 m | 2.8 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 | 18:52 |
| 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 1659080 — Mount McAdie, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358806827
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