Mount Powell
Mount Powell rises to 4,073 m in California. Starlight Peak stands 4,324 m to the east-southeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Point Powell, a peak 0.5 miles away.
The story
Mount Powell is a 13,364-foot-elevation (4,073-meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, United States. It is situated on the shared boundary of Kings Canyon National Park with John Muir Wilderness, and along the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County. It is also 19 miles (31 km) west of the community of Big Pine, and 1.17 miles (1.88 km) west of Mount Thompson, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Mount Powell ranks as the 81st highest peak in California, and the 10th highest of the Evolution Region of the Sierra Nevada. The west summit is unofficially known as "Point John." Two other peaks on the mountain are informally called "Point Wesley" (13,356 ft) in the middle, and "Point Powell" (13,360+ ft) one-half mile to the east.
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Wikidata Q49054192, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4073 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Point Powell: 0.5 mi
- Clyde Spires East: 0.9 mi
- Clyde Spires West: 1.0 mi
- Crumbly Spire: 1.1 mi
- Mount Thompson: 1.2 mi
- Grouse Spring: 10.2 mi
- Cold Springs: 11.2 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 14.7 mi
- Fish Springs: 20.9 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 21.8 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Second Falls: 9.8 mi
- First Falls: 10.5 mi
- Triple Falls: 11.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 12.7 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 16.3 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 17.2 mi
- Log Cabin: 17.8 mi
- Zurich: 20.8 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 13.8 mi
- Millpond Recreation Area: 18.3 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 18.6 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 18.7 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 18.8 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 19.5 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Great Cliffs: 8.8 mi
- Windy Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 14.4 mi
- Muro Blanco: 17.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Rock Monster: 2.0 mi
- John Muir Rock: 11.8 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 24.8 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 19.5 mi
- American Mule Museum: 20.6 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 23.9 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Mount Powell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starlight Peak | ESE 115° | 4,323.7 m | 7.2 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | ESE 114° | 4,268 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Agassiz | ESE 108° | 4,235 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Darwin | NW 313° | 4,216 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mount Winchell | ESE 112° | 4,200 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Mendel | NW 313° | 4,177 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Goddard | WSW 243° | 4,126 m | 5.3 mi |
| Cloudripper | E 87° | 4,122 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 265018 — Mount Powell, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358799224
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