Mount Thompson
Mount Thompson rises to 4,115 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the east-southeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Point Powell, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mount Thompson is a 13,494-foot-elevation (4,113-meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, United States. It is situated on the shared boundary of Kings Canyon National Park with John Muir Wilderness, and along the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County. It is also 18 miles (29 km) west of the community of Big Pine, one mile northwest of Mount Gilbert, and three miles east of Mount Fiske, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Mount Thompson ranks as the 62nd-highest summit in California. This mountain's name commemorates Almon Harris Thompson (1839–1906). The first ascent of the peak was made by Clarence H. Rhudy and H. F. Katzenbach in the summer of 1909.
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Wikidata Q49054835, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4115 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Point Powell: 0.7 mi
- Mount Gilbert: 0.9 mi
- Mount Powell: 1.2 mi
- Mount Johnson: 1.8 mi
- Picture Peak: 2.0 mi
- Grouse Spring: 9.0 mi
- Cold Springs: 12.4 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 13.5 mi
- Fish Springs: 19.8 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 20.6 mi
- Second Falls: 8.7 mi
- First Falls: 9.4 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
- Triple Falls: 11.4 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 13.6 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 15.5 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 17.4 mi
- Log Cabin: 17.9 mi
- Zurich: 19.6 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 13.2 mi
- Millpond Recreation Area: 17.6 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 17.8 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 17.8 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 17.9 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 20.7 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Great Cliffs: 8.9 mi
- Windy Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 14.9 mi
- Muro Blanco: 16.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 18.6 mi
- American Mule Museum: 19.6 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 23.0 mi
- Rock Monster: 2.1 mi
- John Muir Rock: 12.7 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Mount Thompson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | ESE 122° | 4,343 m | 6.4 mi |
| Starlight Peak | ESE 121° | 4,323.7 m | 6.3 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | ESE 122° | 4,298.2 m | 6.5 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | ESE 121° | 4,268 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Agassiz | ESE 115° | 4,235 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Darwin | WNW 297° | 4,216 m | 3.7 mi |
| Apex Peak | ESE 118° | 4,204.1 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Winchell | ESE 119° | 4,200 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| 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 1659993 — Mount Thompson, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358807573
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