Mount Sill
Mount Sill rises to 4,316 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the west, 0.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Apex Peak, a peak 0.1 miles away.
The story
Mount Sill is one of the fourteeners of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in the Palisades, a group of prominent rock peaks with a few small glaciers on their flanks. Mount Sill is located 0.6 miles (1 km) east of North Palisade, the high point of the group. The two peaks are connected by a high, rocky ridge, on the north side of which lies the Palisade Glacier. Mount Sill lies on the main Sierra Crest, but is at a point where the crest turns sharply, giving it particularly striking summit views. On one side is Kings Canyon National Park and Fresno County; on the other is the John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest and Inyo County. Routes on Mount Sill are found on all sides of the peak and range in difficulty from scrambles (class 2-3) to a moderately technical rock climbs (class 5.7). The mountain is called Nen-i-mish ("the Guardian of the Valley") by the Indigenous Northern Paiute people. Its English name was coined, in 1904, by Joseph LeConte, a noted mountaineer, in honor of American poet Edward Rowland Sill.
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Wikidata Q4419260, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4316 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Apex Peak: 0.1 mi
- Barrett Peak: 0.4 mi
- Mount Gayley: 0.5 mi
- Polemonium Peak: 0.5 mi
- North Palisade: 0.6 mi
- Grouse Spring: 4.3 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 8.9 mi
- Fish Springs: 13.5 mi
- Scotty Spring: 14.8 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 15.6 mi
- Second Falls: 3.7 mi
- First Falls: 3.9 mi
- Triple Falls: 8.2 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 17.2 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 12.7 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 12.9 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 15.9 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 18.6 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 18.7 mi
- Windy Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Great Cliffs: 7.7 mi
- Muro Blanco: 12.9 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 14.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.9 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 23.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Rock Monster: 6.4 mi
- John Muir Rock: 19.6 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 24.9 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 19.0 mi
- American Mule Museum: 19.7 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 22.6 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 23.5 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 19.6 mi
- Kearsarge: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Mount Sill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | W 259° | 4,343 m | 0.6 mi |
| Starlight Peak | W 266° | 4,323.7 m | 0.7 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | WSW 250° | 4,298.2 m | 0.5 mi |
| Middle Palisade | SE 133° | 4,278.2 m | 2.6 mi |
| Split Mountain | SE 139° | 4,269 m | 6.8 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | W 278° | 4,268 m | 0.8 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | SE 134° | 4,258.6 m | 2.8 mi |
| Barrett Peak | SSW 209° | 4,258 m | 0.4 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 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1654943 — Mount Sill, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358803111
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