Mount Wallace
Mount Wallace rises to 4,079 m in California. Mount Agassiz stands 4,235 m to the east-southeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Haeckel, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
Mount Wallace is a 13,377-foot-elevation (4,077-meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern 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 21 miles (34 km) west of the community of Big Pine, 1.38 miles (2.22 km) northwest of Mount Powell, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southwest of Picture Peak, and 0.37 miles (0.60 km) southeast of Mount Haeckel, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Mount Wallace ranks as the 79th-highest summit in California, and the ninth-highest in the Evolution Region.
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Wikidata Q49055062, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4079 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Haeckel: 0.4 mi
- Crumbly Spire: 0.4 mi
- Picture Peak: 0.5 mi
- Clyde Spires West: 0.5 mi
- Clyde Spires East: 0.6 mi
- Cold Springs: 10.1 mi
- Grouse Spring: 11.4 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 15.9 mi
- Fish Springs: 22.2 mi
- Wam Springs: 22.7 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 8.1 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- Second Falls: 11.1 mi
- First Falls: 11.8 mi
- Triple Falls: 12.5 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 13.8 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 17.7 mi
- Millpond Recreation Area: 18.4 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 18.9 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 19.0 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 12.7 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 16.6 mi
- Log Cabin: 16.9 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 17.9 mi
- Qualls Camp: 21.4 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 18.4 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Great Cliffs: 9.7 mi
- Windy Cliff: 11.0 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 14.8 mi
- Muro Blanco: 18.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Rock Monster: 3.2 mi
- John Muir Rock: 10.4 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 23.4 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 19.9 mi
- American Mule Museum: 21.0 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 24.4 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Mount Wallace. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agassiz | ESE 109° | 4,235 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Darwin | NNW 328° | 4,216 m | 1.6 mi |
| Mount Winchell | ESE 112° | 4,200 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Mendel | NW 324° | 4,177 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount Goddard | SW 229° | 4,126 m | 4.6 mi |
| Cloudripper | E 92° | 4,122 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Fiske | SW 221° | 4,116 m | 0.9 mi |
| Mount Thompson | E 96° | 4,115 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358800529
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