Mount Spencer
Mount Spencer rises to 3,789 m in California. Mount Humphreys stands 4,263 m to the north, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Darwin, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
Mount Spencer is a 12,431 feet (3,789 m) peak in the Sierra Nevada, in Kings Canyon National Park and Fresno County, California. It is named for Herbert Spencer, an English philosopher and prominent scientist in the field of evolution who coined the term "survival of the fittest." Other nearby mountains in the Evolution Group include Mount Darwin, Mount Mendel, Mount Fiske, Mount Haeckel, Mount Huxley, Mount Wallace, and Mount Lamarck. The area around the peaks, known as the Evolution Region, includes Evolution Basin and Evolution Valley. The peak offers a view from Evolution Lake and the John Muir Trail.
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Wikidata Q6923776, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3789 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Darwin: 1.0 mi
- Mount Haeckel: 1.2 mi
- Mount Huxley: 1.3 mi
- Mount Mendel: 1.4 mi
- Mount Wallace: 1.5 mi
- Cold Springs: 8.9 mi
- Grouse Spring: 12.8 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 17.2 mi
- Iodone Springs: 21.8 mi
- Little Eden: 21.8 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 6.7 mi
- Second Falls: 12.6 mi
- First Falls: 13.3 mi
- Triple Falls: 13.7 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 14.0 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 16.6 mi
- Millpond Recreation Area: 18.6 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 19.4 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 19.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 12.8 mi
- Log Cabin: 16.1 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 16.9 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 18.7 mi
- Qualls Camp: 19.9 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 17.2 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Great Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- Windy Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 15.3 mi
- Muro Blanco: 19.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Rock Monster: 4.6 mi
- John Muir Rock: 9.0 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 21.9 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 20.4 mi
- American Mule Museum: 21.5 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 25.0 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Mount Spencer. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Humphreys | N 3° | 4,263 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Darwin | NNE 32° | 4,216 m | 1.0 mi |
| Mount Mendel | N 359° | 4,177 m | 1.4 mi |
| Mount Goddard | SSW 210° | 4,126 m | 4.2 mi |
| Cloudripper | E 96° | 4,122 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Fiske | SSE 149° | 4,116 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Thompson | ESE 103° | 4,115 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Lamarck | NNE 13° | 4,088 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
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, 23 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 1659839 — Mount Spencer, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358807415
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