Mount Ruskin
Mount Ruskin rises to 3,934 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the north-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddlehorn, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mount Ruskin is a 12,920-foot-elevation (3,940-meter) mountain summit located in Kings Canyon National Park, in Fresno County of northern California, United States. It is situated west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, immediately east of Cartridge Pass, and 1.4 miles (2.3 km) south of Vennacher Needle, the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises over 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) above South Fork Kings River in 1.5 mile.
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Wikidata Q49054424, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,934 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Saddlehorn: 0.7 mi
- Staghorn Peak: 0.8 mi
- Vennacher Needle: 1.4 mi
- Red Point: 3.1 mi
- Marion Peak: 3.1 mi
- Scotty Spring: 8.7 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 11.3 mi
- Grouse Spring: 11.3 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 12.2 mi
- McGann Springs: 13.1 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 7.6 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 9.5 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 10.7 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 14.1 mi
- Aberdeen Station: 14.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 4.6 mi
- First Falls: 10.3 mi
- Second Falls: 10.8 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 11.1 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 11.1 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 24.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 24.5 mi
- Arai Pond: 24.5 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 24.7 mi
- Kado's Garden: 24.8 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 16.5 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 16.8 mi
- Dehy Park: 19.1 mi
- Independence Park: 19.7 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 24.2 mi
- Windy Cliff: 5.4 mi
- Muro Blanco: 5.5 mi
- Great Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 11.6 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 22.4 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Kearsarge: 14.2 mi
- Bend City: 21.9 mi
- San Carlos: 22.7 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 19.2 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 19.3 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 25.0 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 16.7 mi
- Rock Monster: 12.3 mi
- Paiute Mural: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Mount Ruskin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | NNW 344° | 4,343 m | 8.3 mi |
| Starlight Peak | NNW 344° | 4,324 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Sill | NNW 349° | 4,316 m | 8.3 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | NNW 345° | 4,298 m | 8.2 mi |
| Middle Palisade | N 2° | 4,278 m | 6.4 mi |
| Split Mountain | NE 44° | 4,269 m | 4.1 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | NNW 343° | 4,268 m | 8.6 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | N 3° | 4,259 m | 6.2 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 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 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, 19 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799505
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