Mount Russell
Mount Russell rises to 4,296 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the south, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Morgenson, a peak 0.5 miles away.
The story
Mount Russell is a peak in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the U.S. state of California, about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north of Mount Whitney. Possessing an elevation of 14,094 feet (4,296 m), it is the seventh-highest peak in the state and one of California's twelve fourteeners.
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Wikidata Q4390381, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4296 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Morgenson: 0.5 mi
- Mount Carillon: 0.7 mi
- Mount Whitney: 0.8 mi
- Keeler Needle: 1.0 mi
- The Cleaver: 1.0 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 2.0 mi
- Indian Spring: 11.8 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 12.4 mi
- Boron Springs: 13.7 mi
- Tub Springs: 14.5 mi
- Donald D. Brooks: 5.8 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 8.3 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 11.7 mi
- Cousin Jack: 11.9 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 12.1 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 9.1 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 9.1 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 9.1 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 9.1 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 9.2 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 10.8 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 15.1 mi
- Volcano Falls: 17.4 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 11.8 mi
- Kado's Garden: 12.0 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 12.0 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 12.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 12.1 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 7.5 mi
- Lathe Arch: 9.3 mi
- Mobius Arch: 9.3 mi
- Heart Arch: 9.4 mi
- Palette Arch: 9.7 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 2.2 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 9.3 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 9.7 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 9.9 mi
- Chocolate Block: 9.9 mi
- Merritt Park: 12.1 mi
- Spainhower Park: 12.6 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 13.3 mi
- Independence Park: 15.3 mi
- Dehy Park: 15.7 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 12.4 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 12.6 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 12.7 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 15.4 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 15.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 15.3 mi
- San Carlos: 17.4 mi
- Bend City: 18.2 mi
- Swansea: 22.0 mi
- Keeler: 24.2 mi
- Miss Alabama: 10.7 mi
- Paiute Mural: 12.1 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 17.4 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 10.0 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Mount Russell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | S 184° | 4,419.6 m | 0.8 mi |
| Mount Williamson | NNW 346° | 4,383 m | 4.7 mi |
| Keeler Needle | S 182° | 4,361.2 m | 1.0 mi |
| Crooks Peak | S 179° | 4,341.7 m | 1.1 mi |
| Lewis Peak | S 177° | 4,306.7 m | 1.1 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | S 178° | 4,289 m | 1.2 mi |
| Mount Langley | SSE 148° | 4,277 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | NNW 331° | 4,275 m | 5.2 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 | 20:16 |
| 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, 15 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799507
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