Mount Tyndall
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Mount Tyndall rises to 4,275 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the south-southeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Versteeg, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Mount Tyndall is a peak in the Mount Whitney region of the Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California. At 14,025 feet (4,275 m), it is the tenth highest peak in the state. The mountain was named in honor of the Irish scientist and mountaineer, John Tyndall.
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Wikidata Q4457828, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,275 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Versteeg: 0.9 mi
- Polychrome Peak: 1.2 mi
- Mount Williamson: 1.4 mi
- Trojan Peak: 1.5 mi
- Mount Barnard: 2.1 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 11.3 mi
- Boot Arch: 11.4 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 11.8 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 11.9 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 11.9 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 7.2 mi
- Boron Springs: 9.8 mi
- Tub Springs: 10.2 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 13.0 mi
- McGann Springs: 13.9 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 7.7 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 10.8 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 11.4 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 12.6 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 13.7 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 8.1 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 8.5 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 13.1 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 13.1 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 13.5 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 10.7 mi
- Lathe Arch: 12.1 mi
- Mobius Arch: 12.1 mi
- Heart Arch: 12.2 mi
- Palette Arch: 13.2 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 6.7 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 12.3 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 13.2 mi
- Chocolate Block: 13.4 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 13.4 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 11.0 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 11.0 mi
- Kado's Garden: 11.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 11.1 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 11.2 mi
- Merritt Park: 11.1 mi
- Independence Park: 12.5 mi
- Dehy Park: 12.8 mi
- Spainhower Park: 15.4 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 17.0 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 11.6 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 12.5 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 12.6 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 15.5 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 15.7 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Kearsarge: 10.7 mi
- San Carlos: 15.6 mi
- Bend City: 16.1 mi
- Paiute Mural: 11.2 mi
- Miss Alabama: 13.9 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 13.8 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 12.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Mount Tyndall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | SSE 155° | 4,420 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Williamson | E 89° | 4,383 m | 1.4 mi |
| Keeler Needle | SSE 155° | 4,361 m | 6.1 mi |
| Crooks Peak | SSE 155° | 4,342 m | 6.2 mi |
| Lewis Peak | SSE 155° | 4,307 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Russell | SSE 151° | 4,296 m | 5.2 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | SSE 156° | 4,289 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Muir | SSE 158° | 4,275 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| 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, 12 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1654979 — Mount Tyndall, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358803122
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