Mount Shakspere
Mount Shakspere rises to 3,713 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the north-northeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Observation Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mount Shakspere is a 12,174-foot-elevation (3,711-meter) summit located in Fresno County, California, United States.
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Wikidata Q49054535, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,713 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Observation Peak: 1.1 mi
- Giraud Peak: 3.3 mi
- Rambaud Peak: 3.5 mi
- Columbine Peak: 3.7 mi
- Palisade Crest: 3.9 mi
- Grouse Spring: 8.6 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 12.7 mi
- Scotty Spring: 13.4 mi
- Fish Springs: 15.7 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 16.1 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 10.9 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 12.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 12.6 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 14.7 mi
- Monola: 17.5 mi
- Triple Falls: 3.8 mi
- First Falls: 7.8 mi
- Second Falls: 7.9 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 14.0 mi
- Mist Falls: 15.4 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 16.1 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 16.4 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 19.9 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 22.9 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 23.0 mi
- Windy Cliff: 2.9 mi
- Great Cliffs: 4.0 mi
- Muro Blanco: 8.8 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 10.7 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 22.3 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 23.4 mi
- American Mule Museum: 24.1 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 24.3 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 24.4 mi
- Rock Monster: 7.1 mi
- John Muir Rock: 20.4 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 21.7 mi
- Kearsarge: 19.4 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Mount Shakspere. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | NNE 14° | 4,343 m | 4.1 mi |
| Starlight Peak | NNE 13° | 4,324 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Sill | NNE 22° | 4,316 m | 4.4 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | NNE 16° | 4,298 m | 4.1 mi |
| Middle Palisade | NE 56° | 4,278 m | 4.2 mi |
| Split Mountain | E 100° | 4,269 m | 6.2 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | N 11° | 4,268 m | 4.3 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | ENE 59° | 4,259 m | 4.2 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 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 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, 25 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 266037 — Mount Shakspere, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358799616
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