Mount Stanford
Mount Stanford rises to 4,260 m in California. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the southeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Gregory's Monument, a peak 0.1 miles away.
The story
Mount Stanford, at an elevation of 13,979 feet (4,261 m), is on the Kings-Kern Divide in Kings Canyon National Park. It is named for Stanford University. It is the fifteenth tallest mountain in California and is located about 3.6 miles (5.8 km) from University Peak which was named for the University of California.
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Wikidata Q6923833, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,260.2 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Gregory's Monument: 0.1 mi
- Deerhorn Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Caltech Peak: 1.1 mi
- Mount Ericsson: 1.1 mi
- The Minster: 1.7 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 15.3 mi
- Boot Arch: 15.4 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 15.6 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 15.7 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 16.0 mi
- Tub Springs: 8.5 mi
- Boron Springs: 9.0 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 11.7 mi
- McGann Springs: 11.8 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 13.8 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 3.5 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 8.0 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 9.1 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 10.2 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 11.9 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 8.6 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 8.6 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Mist Falls: 11.4 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 11.4 mi
- Valhalla: 14.0 mi
- Muro Blanco: 15.8 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 16.5 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 17.6 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 15.1 mi
- Lathe Arch: 16.2 mi
- Mobius Arch: 16.2 mi
- Heart Arch: 16.3 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 17.5 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 13.1 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 13.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 13.2 mi
- Kado's Garden: 13.3 mi
- Arai Pond: 13.4 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 12.6 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 12.7 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 13.8 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 19.6 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 19.8 mi
- Independence Park: 12.8 mi
- Dehy Park: 12.8 mi
- Merritt Park: 13.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 19.5 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 21.3 mi
- Kearsarge: 8.3 mi
- San Carlos: 16.5 mi
- Bend City: 16.7 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 13.0 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Paiute Mural: 13.3 mi
- Miss Alabama: 18.1 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 15.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Mount Stanford. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | SE 125° | 4,383 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | SE 136° | 4,275 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Barnard | SE 142° | 4,266 m | 6.6 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | S 181° | 4,254 m | 0.1 mi |
| Mount Keith | E 95° | 4,249 m | 2.9 mi |
| Trojan Peak | SE 134° | 4,245 m | 6.2 mi |
| Junction Peak | ESE 119° | 4,224 m | 1.9 mi |
| Caltech Peak | SSE 165° | 4,217 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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, 13 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 1659857 — Mount Stanford, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358807429
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