Mount Young
Mount Young rises to 4,010 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the east, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Hale, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Mount Young is a 13,176-foot-elevation (4,016-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, and is two miles (3.2 km) west of Mount Whitney, one mile northwest of Guitar Lake, and one mile southwest of Mount Hale, the nearest higher neighbor. The John Muir Trail traverses below the south and west aspects of the mountain, providing access. Topographic relief is significant as the southwest aspect rises 2,300 feet (700 meters) above Whitney Creek in approximately one mile. Mt. Young ranks as the 117th highest summit in California.
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Wikidata Q49055318, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,010 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Hale: 0.9 mi
- Mount Morgenson: 1.7 mi
- Mount Whitney: 2.0 mi
- Mount Hitchcock: 2.0 mi
- Keeler Needle: 2.0 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 11.1 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 11.1 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 11.2 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 11.2 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 11.3 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 2.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 13.7 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 14.4 mi
- Boron Springs: 14.6 mi
- Tub Springs: 15.2 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 12.2 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 12.7 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 13.5 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 13.9 mi
- Walt's Point: 14.0 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 9.1 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 13.1 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 16.1 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 9.6 mi
- Lathe Arch: 11.4 mi
- Mobius Arch: 11.4 mi
- Heart Arch: 11.5 mi
- Palette Arch: 11.7 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 13.6 mi
- Kado's Garden: 13.8 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 13.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 13.9 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 13.9 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 4.2 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 11.3 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 11.7 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 11.9 mi
- Chocolate Block: 11.9 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 14.2 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 14.7 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 14.8 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 16.7 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 16.8 mi
- Merritt Park: 13.9 mi
- Spainhower Park: 14.7 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 15.2 mi
- Independence Park: 16.6 mi
- Dehy Park: 17.0 mi
- Kearsarge: 15.8 mi
- San Carlos: 19.0 mi
- Bend City: 19.7 mi
- Swansea: 23.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Miss Alabama: 12.7 mi
- Paiute Mural: 13.9 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 8.3 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 18.4 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Mount Young. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | E 95° | 4,420 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mount Williamson | N 10° | 4,383 m | 5.3 mi |
| Keeler Needle | E 101° | 4,361 m | 2.0 mi |
| Crooks Peak | ESE 102° | 4,342 m | 2.1 mi |
| Lewis Peak | ESE 104° | 4,307 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Russell | ENE 73° | 4,296 m | 2.1 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | ESE 106° | 4,289 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Langley | SE 129° | 4,277 m | 6.3 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 | 16:02 | 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, 17 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358800708
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