Mount Williamson
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Mount Williamson rises to 4,383 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the south, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Trojan Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
Mount Williamson, at an elevation of 14,379 feet (4,383 m), is the second-highest mountain in both the Sierra Nevada range and the state of California, and the sixth-highest peak in the contiguous United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q822964, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,383 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Trojan Peak: 1.0 mi
- Mount Versteeg: 1.0 mi
- Mount Tyndall: 1.4 mi
- Polychrome Peak: 1.7 mi
- Mount Barnard: 2.0 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 6.7 mi
- Boron Springs: 9.3 mi
- Tub Springs: 10.0 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 11.6 mi
- McGann Springs: 13.7 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 8.5 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 9.5 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 10.1 mi
- Cousin Jack: 13.5 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 13.8 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 9.9 mi
- Boot Arch: 10.0 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 10.4 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 10.4 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 10.5 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 13.8 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 13.9 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 14.1 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 9.4 mi
- Lathe Arch: 10.7 mi
- Mobius Arch: 10.7 mi
- Heart Arch: 10.8 mi
- Palette Arch: 11.9 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 5.8 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 10.9 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 11.9 mi
- Chocolate Block: 12.0 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 12.1 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 9.7 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 9.8 mi
- Kado's Garden: 9.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 9.8 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 9.9 mi
- Merritt Park: 9.9 mi
- Independence Park: 11.6 mi
- Dehy Park: 11.9 mi
- Spainhower Park: 14.0 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 15.6 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 10.3 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 11.7 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 11.8 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 14.1 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 14.3 mi
- Kearsarge: 10.7 mi
- San Carlos: 14.5 mi
- Bend City: 15.1 mi
- Swansea: 24.4 mi
- Paiute Mural: 9.9 mi
- Miss Alabama: 12.5 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 13.2 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 13.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Mount Williamson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | S 169° | 4,420 m | 5.5 mi |
| Keeler Needle | S 169° | 4,361 m | 5.7 mi |
| Crooks Peak | SSE 169° | 4,342 m | 5.7 mi |
| Lewis Peak | SSE 168° | 4,307 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Russell | SSE 166° | 4,296 m | 4.7 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | SSE 169° | 4,289 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | W 269° | 4,275 m | 1.4 mi |
| Mount Muir | S 170° | 4,275 m | 6.4 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 | 19:37 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:01 | 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1654980 — Mount Williamson, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358803124
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