Mount Pinchot
Mount Pinchot rises to 4,114 m in California. Middle Palisade stands 4,278 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Wynne, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mount Pinchot (13,500 ft or 4,115 m) is in the Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California. Mount Pinchot is in the Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness of Kings Canyon National Park. The peak lies just northeast of Pinchot Pass and just east of the John Muir Trail.
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Wikidata Q25206397, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,113.6 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Wynne: 0.7 mi
- Striped Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Mount Perkins: 1.9 mi
- Crater Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Goodale Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Scotty Spring: 4.5 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 7.0 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 7.9 mi
- McGann Springs: 8.9 mi
- Little Blackrock Spring: 9.4 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 5.3 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 9.9 mi
- Aberdeen Station: 11.2 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 11.8 mi
- Prospect: 12.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 8.7 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 9.3 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 9.4 mi
- Mist Falls: 12.2 mi
- First Falls: 12.5 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 20.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 20.3 mi
- Arai Pond: 20.4 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 20.6 mi
- Kado's Garden: 20.6 mi
- Muro Blanco: 7.0 mi
- Windy Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Great Cliffs: 11.6 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 15.0 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 24.7 mi
- Dehy Park: 14.9 mi
- Independence Park: 15.5 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 16.5 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 16.9 mi
- Merritt Park: 20.3 mi
- Kearsarge: 10.5 mi
- Bend City: 17.6 mi
- San Carlos: 18.3 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 15.0 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 15.1 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 20.8 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 9.2 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 12.4 mi
- Rock Monster: 16.4 mi
- Paiute Mural: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Mount Pinchot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Palisade | NNW 338° | 4,278 m | 9.2 mi |
| Split Mountain | N 350° | 4,269 m | 5.2 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | NNW 338° | 4,259 m | 9.0 mi |
| Barrett Peak | NNW 331° | 4,258 m | 11.4 mi |
| Norman Clyde Peak | NNW 337° | 4,245 m | 9.6 mi |
| Balcony Peak | NNW 338° | 4,237 m | 9.0 mi |
| Birch Mountain | N 355° | 4,134 m | 8.0 mi |
| Palisade Crest | NNW 333° | 4,131 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 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, 15 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799104
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