Mount Winchell
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Mount Winchell rises to 4,200 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the southeast, 1.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Agassiz, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mount Winchell, a thirteener, is among the thirty highest peaks of California. It is in the Palisades region of the Sierra Nevada, on the Sierra Crest between Mount Agassiz and Thunderbolt Peak.
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Wikidata Q6924629, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,200 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Agassiz: 0.6 mi
- Thunderbolt Peak: 0.7 mi
- Starlight Peak: 0.9 mi
- Aperture Peak: 1.0 mi
- North Palisade: 1.0 mi
- Grouse Spring: 5.0 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 9.7 mi
- Fish Springs: 14.7 mi
- Scotty Spring: 16.1 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 16.6 mi
- Second Falls: 4.4 mi
- First Falls: 4.8 mi
- Triple Falls: 8.5 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 15.8 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 16.0 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 13.7 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 13.9 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 15.2 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 18.3 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 18.4 mi
- Windy Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Great Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Muro Blanco: 13.5 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 14.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.5 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 23.9 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 18.8 mi
- American Mule Museum: 19.6 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 22.6 mi
- Rock Monster: 5.1 mi
- John Muir Rock: 18.2 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 24.7 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 19.5 mi
- Kearsarge: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Mount Winchell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | SE 138° | 4,343 m | 1.0 mi |
| Starlight Peak | SE 137° | 4,324 m | 0.9 mi |
| Mount Sill | ESE 115° | 4,316 m | 1.4 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | SE 135° | 4,298 m | 1.1 mi |
| Middle Palisade | SE 127° | 4,278 m | 3.9 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | SE 135° | 4,268 m | 0.7 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | SE 128° | 4,259 m | 4.1 mi |
| Barrett Peak | SE 132° | 4,258 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358800660
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