Mount Pickering
Mount Pickering rises to 4,105 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the north, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Joe Devel Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Mount Pickering is a 13,474-foot-elevation (4,107-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 3.1 miles (5.0 km) south of Mount Whitney, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) southeast of Mount Chamberlin, and one mile south of Mount Newcomb. Mt. Pickering ranks as the 65th highest summit in California. Topographic relief is significant as it rises nearly 2,000 feet above Sky Blue Lake in approximately one mile. This mountain's name was proposed by the Sierra Club and officially adopted in 1940 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering (1846–1919). The immediate area has other geographical features named for astronomers, including Mount Newcomb, Mount Langley, Mount Young, and Mount Hale. The first ascent of the summit was made July 16, 1936, by Chester Versteeg, Tyler Van Degrift, and Oliver Kehrlein.
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Wikidata Q49054020, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4105 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Joe Devel Peak: 0.9 mi
- Mount Newcomb: 0.9 mi
- Mount Chamberlin: 1.2 mi
- The Miter: 1.6 mi
- Mount McAdie: 1.9 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 2.4 mi
- Indian Spring: 11.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 14.2 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 15.2 mi
- Soda Spring: 17.6 mi
- Donald D. Brooks: 7.6 mi
- Walt's Point: 10.5 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 12.2 mi
- Cousin Jack: 13.0 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 13.3 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 10.4 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 10.6 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 10.7 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 10.8 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 10.9 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 8.0 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 9.1 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
- Volcano Falls: 13.3 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 15.6 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 15.4 mi
- Kado's Garden: 15.6 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 15.7 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 15.7 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 15.7 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 9.1 mi
- Palette Arch: 10.4 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 10.5 mi
- Lathe Arch: 10.9 mi
- Mobius Arch: 10.9 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 4.6 mi
- Window Cliffs: 10.4 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 10.5 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 10.6 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 10.6 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 13.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 13.7 mi
- Merritt Park: 15.8 mi
- Independence Park: 19.4 mi
- Dehy Park: 19.8 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 13.7 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 13.7 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 15.9 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 19.6 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 19.6 mi
- Kearsarge: 19.6 mi
- San Carlos: 21.2 mi
- Swansea: 21.5 mi
- Bend City: 22.0 mi
- Keeler: 23.3 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 7.2 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 23.4 mi
- Miss Alabama: 11.7 mi
- Paiute Mural: 15.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 20.7 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Mount Pickering. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | N 359° | 4,419.6 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Williamson | N 353° | 4,383 m | 9.0 mi |
| Keeler Needle | N 360° | 4,361.2 m | 3.3 mi |
| Crooks Peak | N 0° | 4,341.7 m | 3.3 mi |
| Lewis Peak | N 1° | 4,306.7 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Russell | N 360° | 4,296 m | 4.3 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | N 1° | 4,289 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Langley | E 95° | 4,277 m | 2.9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799074
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