Mount Perkins
Mount Perkins rises to 3,827 m in California. Middle Palisade stands 4,278 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Wynne, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Mount Perkins is a 12,566-foot-elevation (3,830-meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California. It is situated on the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County, as well as the boundary between John Muir Wilderness and Kings Canyon National Park. It is 13.5 miles (21.7 km) northwest of the community of Independence, 1.65 miles (2.66 km) north of Mount Cedric Wright, 2.2 miles (3.5 km) east of Crater Mountain, and 1.4 miles (2.3 km) southeast of Mount Wynne. Climbing routes to the summit include the west slope, and the north and south ridges. The John Muir Trail traverses below the west base of the peak on its descent south from Pinchot Pass, providing an approach to the mountain.
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Wikidata Q49053992, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,827 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Wynne: 1.4 mi
- Colosseum Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount Cedric Wright: 1.7 mi
- Mount Pinchot: 1.9 mi
- Crater Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Scotty Spring: 3.2 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 5.3 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 6.0 mi
- McGann Springs: 7.0 mi
- Little Blackrock Spring: 8.1 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 4.7 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 9.6 mi
- Aberdeen Station: 10.5 mi
- Prospect: 11.9 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 12.1 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 8.6 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 8.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 10.4 mi
- Mist Falls: 12.1 mi
- First Falls: 14.1 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 18.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 18.4 mi
- Arai Pond: 18.4 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 18.6 mi
- Kado's Garden: 18.7 mi
- Muro Blanco: 7.9 mi
- Windy Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Great Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 16.3 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 24.6 mi
- Dehy Park: 13.0 mi
- Independence Park: 13.6 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 17.4 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 17.7 mi
- Merritt Park: 18.4 mi
- Rock Monster: 18.3 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 23.9 mi
- Boot Arch: 24.6 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 24.6 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 24.6 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Kearsarge: 8.7 mi
- Bend City: 15.8 mi
- San Carlos: 16.5 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 13.1 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 13.2 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 18.9 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 8.0 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 10.5 mi
- Paiute Mural: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Mount Perkins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Palisade | NNW 334° | 4,278 m | 11.0 mi |
| Split Mountain | NNW 341° | 4,269 m | 6.9 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | NNW 334° | 4,259 m | 10.8 mi |
| Norman Clyde Peak | NNW 333° | 4,245 m | 11.4 mi |
| Balcony Peak | NNW 334° | 4,237 m | 10.8 mi |
| Birch Mountain | NNW 348° | 4,134 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Bolton Brown | NNW 338° | 4,124 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | NW 316° | 4,114 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799062
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