Mount Muir
Mount Muir rises to 4,275 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the north, 1.0 miles off. The nearest named place is S'brutal Tower, a peak 0.1 miles away.
The story
Mount Muir is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California, 0.95 miles (1.5 km) south of Mount Whitney. This 14,018-foot (4,273 m) peak is named in honor of John Muir, a geologist, conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club. The southernmost section of the John Muir Trail contours along the west side of Mount Muir near its summit and ends on the summit of Mount Whitney.
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Wikidata Q831100, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4274.5 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- S'brutal Tower: 0.1 mi
- Aiguille Junior: 0.2 mi
- Aiguille du Paquoir: 0.4 mi
- Discovery Pinnacle: 0.4 mi
- Aiguille Extra: 0.5 mi
- Donald D. Brooks: 6.3 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 9.8 mi
- Walt's Point: 11.7 mi
- Cousin Jack: 12.2 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 12.5 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 0.5 mi
- Indian Spring: 11.6 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 13.4 mi
- Boron Springs: 15.4 mi
- Tub Springs: 16.3 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 9.4 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 9.5 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 9.6 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 9.7 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 9.8 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 8.5 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 9.5 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 15.1 mi
- Volcano Falls: 15.7 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 13.2 mi
- Kado's Garden: 13.4 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 13.5 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 13.5 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 13.5 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 8.0 mi
- Lathe Arch: 9.8 mi
- Palette Arch: 9.8 mi
- Mobius Arch: 9.8 mi
- Heart Arch: 9.9 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 2.6 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 9.6 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 9.8 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 10.0 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 10.0 mi
- Spainhower Park: 12.9 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 13.1 mi
- Merritt Park: 13.6 mi
- Independence Park: 16.9 mi
- Dehy Park: 17.3 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 12.9 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 13.0 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 13.8 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 17.1 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 17.1 mi
- Kearsarge: 17.0 mi
- San Carlos: 18.9 mi
- Bend City: 19.7 mi
- Swansea: 21.7 mi
- Keeler: 23.8 mi
- Miss Alabama: 10.9 mi
- Paiute Mural: 13.5 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 8.7 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 19.1 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Mount Muir. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | N 358° | 4,419.6 m | 1.0 mi |
| Mount Williamson | N 350° | 4,383 m | 6.4 mi |
| Keeler Needle | N 360° | 4,361.2 m | 0.7 mi |
| Crooks Peak | N 3° | 4,341.7 m | 0.7 mi |
| Lewis Peak | N 8° | 4,306.7 m | 0.6 mi |
| Mount Russell | N 1° | 4,296 m | 1.7 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | N 8° | 4,289 m | 0.5 mi |
| Mount Langley | SE 135° | 4,277 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:37 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1654926 — Mount Muir, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358803107
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