Mount Mendel
Mount Mendel rises to 4,177 m in California. Mount Humphreys stands 4,263 m to the north, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Stephen Jay Gould, a peak 0.5 miles away.
The story
Mount Mendel is a peak in Fresno County, California. It is in Kings Canyon National Park in the Evolution Region, of the Sierra Nevada and adjacent to Mount Darwin which is on the Sierra crest.
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Wikidata Q6922150, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4177 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Stephen Jay Gould: 0.5 mi
- Mount Darwin: 0.8 mi
- Mount Tom Ross: 1.0 mi
- Mount Spencer: 1.4 mi
- Mount Lamarck: 1.5 mi
- Cold Springs: 9.3 mi
- Grouse Spring: 13.0 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 17.2 mi
- Iodone Springs: 21.1 mi
- Reed Pools: 21.1 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 12.9 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 17.1 mi
- Millpond Recreation Area: 17.5 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 18.4 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 18.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 14.1 mi
- Log Cabin: 14.7 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 16.0 mi
- Qualls Camp: 19.8 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 20.1 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Second Falls: 12.8 mi
- First Falls: 13.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 14.9 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 17.6 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Great Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Windy Cliff: 13.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 16.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.1 mi
- Muro Blanco: 20.4 mi
- Rock Monster: 5.6 mi
- John Muir Rock: 8.4 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 21.2 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 19.5 mi
- American Mule Museum: 20.7 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 24.1 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Mount Mendel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Humphreys | N 4° | 4,263 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Darwin | SE 135° | 4,216 m | 0.8 mi |
| Mount Goddard | SSW 203° | 4,126 m | 5.4 mi |
| Cloudripper | ESE 105° | 4,122 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Fiske | SSE 163° | 4,116 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Thompson | ESE 120° | 4,115 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Lamarck | NNE 25° | 4,088 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Haeckel | SE 145° | 4,087 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 22 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798784
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