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Mount Stewart

Mount Stewart, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Stewart rises to 3,708 m in California. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the southeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Tamarack Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away.

About

The story

Mount Stewart is on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in Sequoia National Park, 2.1 miles (3.4 km) southeast of Triple Divide Peak and 2.7 miles (4.3 km) northwest of Black Kaweah. The High Sierra Trail traverses Kaweah Gap south of the summit, and Lilliput Glacier is on the mountain's northern flank. The mountain is named for George W. Stewart, editor of Visalia Delta. Stewart was the leader of a campaign to protect the "Big Trees". Francis P. Farquhar, author and former president of the Sierra Club, credits Stewart as "the father" of Sequoia National Park.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q8534074, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3708 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.56975, -118.55464
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 37
Historic sites: 19
Waterfalls: 18
  • Tamarack Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Upper Buck Creek Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Upper Picket Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
Springs: 14
Cliffs: 10
Gardens: 10
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 24.4 mi
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 24.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 24.6 mi
  • Kado's Garden: 24.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 12.5 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
Natural arches: 8
  • Natural Arch: 17.6 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 17.7 mi
  • Whitney Portal Arch: 22.2 mi
  • Lathe Arch: 24.0 mi
  • Mobius Arch: 24.0 mi
Parks: 4
  • General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 20.9 mi
  • Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 23.3 mi
  • Slick Rock Recreation Area: 23.9 mi
  • Merritt Park: 24.6 mi
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Paiute Mural: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Mount Stewart. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount KaweahSE 125°4,205 m5.2 mi
Red KaweahSE 127°4,185 m3.4 mi
Michael's PinnacleSE 128°4,170.4 m3.5 mi
Second KaweahSE 126°4,165.5 m4.3 mi
Table MountainNE 36°4,151 m7.7 mi
Milestone MountainNE 41°4,149 m5.9 mi
Koontz PinnacleESE 122°4,145 m3.1 mi
Black KaweahSE 128°4,140 m2.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:06
June solstice05:3719:3820:17
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0316:0316:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283034384654616055453527
Precip in8.77.96.43.22.00.70.60.10.72.33.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 10 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358795715

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