Mount Newcomb
Mount Newcomb rises to 4,090 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the north, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pickering, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Mount Newcomb is a 13,422-foot-elevation (4,091-meter) mountain summit located just west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, and is 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south of Mount Whitney, 1.1 miles (1.8 km) northeast of Mount Chamberlin, and 3.5 miles west of Mount Corcoran. Mt. Newcomb ranks as the 70th highest summit in California. Topographic relief is significant as it rises 2,083 feet (635 meters) above the second Crabtree Lake in approximately one mile. This mountain's name was officially adopted in 1940 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor American astronomer Simon Newcomb (1835–1909). The first ascent of the summit was made August 22, 1936, by Max Eckenburg and Bob Rumohr.
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Wikidata Q49053781, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,090 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Pickering: 0.9 mi
- Mount Chamberlin: 1.1 mi
- Mount McAdie: 1.3 mi
- Discovery Pinnacle: 1.3 mi
- Mount Marsh: 1.3 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 1.6 mi
- Indian Spring: 11.8 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 14.7 mi
- Soda Spring: 14.9 mi
- Boron Springs: 17.1 mi
- Walt's Point: 10.9 mi
- Cousin Jack: 12.8 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 13.1 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 13.4 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 14.7 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 10.1 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 10.3 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 10.4 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 10.4 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 10.6 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 8.3 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 8.7 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Volcano Falls: 14.1 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 15.2 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 8.8 mi
- Palette Arch: 10.3 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 10.4 mi
- Lathe Arch: 10.6 mi
- Mobius Arch: 10.6 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 14.7 mi
- Kado's Garden: 14.9 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 15.0 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 15.0 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 15.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 3.9 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 10.3 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 10.4 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 10.4 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 10.4 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 13.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 13.5 mi
- Merritt Park: 15.1 mi
- Independence Park: 18.6 mi
- Dehy Park: 19.0 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 13.5 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 13.5 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 15.3 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 18.8 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 18.8 mi
- Kearsarge: 18.7 mi
- San Carlos: 20.5 mi
- Bend City: 21.3 mi
- Swansea: 21.7 mi
- Keeler: 23.6 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 7.6 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 24.0 mi
- Miss Alabama: 11.5 mi
- Paiute Mural: 15.1 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 20.8 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Mount Newcomb. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | N 2° | 4,420 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Williamson | N 353° | 4,383 m | 8.1 mi |
| Keeler Needle | N 2° | 4,361 m | 2.5 mi |
| Crooks Peak | N 4° | 4,342 m | 2.4 mi |
| Lewis Peak | N 5° | 4,307 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Russell | N 2° | 4,296 m | 3.5 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | N 5° | 4,289 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Langley | ESE 111° | 4,277 m | 3.2 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 | 20:15 |
| 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, 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 264073 — Mount Newcomb, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358798932
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