Mount Rixford
Mount Rixford rises to 3,930 m in California. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Falcor Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
Mount Rixford is a 12,887-foot-elevation (3,928-meter) mountain summit located one mile west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the southeast corner of Fresno County, in northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, 11.5 miles (18.5 km) west of the community of Independence, and one mile north of the Kearsarge Pinnacles and Kearsarge Lakes. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises 2,346 feet (715 meters) above Rae Lakes in one mile. The John Muir Trail crosses Glen Pass one mile to the west of this mountain. Mt. Rixford ranks as the 183rd highest summit in California. Painted Lady is a subsidiary summit at the end of Rixford's north ridge.
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Wikidata Q49054356, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3930 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Falcor Peak: 0.4 mi
- Glacier Spike: 0.5 mi
- Painted Lady: 0.6 mi
- Mount Gould: 1.2 mi
- Dragon Peak: 1.3 mi
- Tub Springs: 5.5 mi
- Boron Springs: 7.1 mi
- McGann Springs: 7.5 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 9.2 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 10.6 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 17.9 mi
- Boot Arch: 18.1 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 18.1 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 18.4 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 18.7 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 4.0 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 4.0 mi
- Mist Falls: 8.5 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 12.3 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 14.7 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 2.2 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 6.2 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 6.4 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 6.7 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 6.8 mi
- Muro Blanco: 11.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 16.0 mi
- Windy Cliff: 17.7 mi
- Valhalla: 18.1 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 18.4 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 13.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 13.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 13.9 mi
- Arai Pond: 13.9 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 14.0 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 18.5 mi
- Mobius Arch: 19.2 mi
- Lathe Arch: 19.2 mi
- Heart Arch: 19.3 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 20.5 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 10.9 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 11.0 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 14.4 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 22.3 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 22.6 mi
- Dehy Park: 11.0 mi
- Independence Park: 11.2 mi
- Merritt Park: 13.9 mi
- Spainhower Park: 22.1 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 24.5 mi
- Kearsarge: 4.4 mi
- Bend City: 15.0 mi
- San Carlos: 15.2 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 10.0 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Paiute Mural: 13.9 mi
- Miss Alabama: 21.1 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Mount Rixford. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | SSE 151° | 4,383 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | SSE 159° | 4,275 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Stanford | S 178° | 4,260.2 m | 5.6 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | S 178° | 4,254.4 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Keith | SSE 152° | 4,249 m | 6.6 mi |
| Junction Peak | SSE 164° | 4,224 m | 6.7 mi |
| Caltech Peak | S 176° | 4,216.5 m | 6.7 mi |
| Table Mountain | SSW 206° | 4,151 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:01 | 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, 11 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799421
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