Needham Mountain
Needham Mountain rises to 3,816 m in California. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the north-northeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sawtooth Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
Needham Mountain is a mountain summit of the Sierra Nevada, located in Tulare County, California. It is located in the southern Sierra Nevada, in the central part of Sequoia National Park. Needham Mountain is 6 mi (9.7 km) miles east of Mineral King, 5.6 mi (9.0 km) northeast of Mount Kaweah, and 17 mi (27 km) southwest of the highest peak in the state, Mount Whitney. With an altitude of 12,536 ft (3,821 m), Needham Mountain is the twentieth-highest mountain in California with a prominence of 1,880 ft (570 m). The mountain is named after an American congressman who represented California at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, James C. Needham. The first ascent of the summit was made in July 1916, by M. R. Parsons, Agnes Vaile, H. B. Graham, and Edmund Chamberlain.
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Wikidata Q49056506, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3816 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sawtooth Peak: 1.0 mi
- North Sawtooth Peak: 1.5 mi
- Mineral Peak: 1.6 mi
- Rainbow Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Empire Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Tharp's Log: 13.6 mi
- Cleveland Tree: 13.7 mi
- Chimney Tree: 13.8 mi
- The Dead Giant: 13.9 mi
- Squatters Cabin: 14.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 3.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.2 mi
- Soda Spring: 10.5 mi
- Big Spring: 13.9 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 14.4 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 3.3 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 3.8 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 4.5 mi
- Alles Cabin: 7.6 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 11.7 mi
- Tufa Falls: 3.5 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 6.9 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 9.0 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 13.8 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 21.8 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 22.4 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 23.7 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 24.5 mi
- Valhalla: 8.6 mi
- Window Cliffs: 10.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 18.3 mi
- Natural Arch: 11.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 11.2 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 23.5 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 15.1 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 20.2 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 7.5 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Needham Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kaweah | NNE 33° | 4,205 m | 5.9 mi |
| Red Kaweah | NNE 17° | 4,185 m | 6.2 mi |
| Michael's Pinnacle | NNE 17° | 4,170.4 m | 6.1 mi |
| Second Kaweah | NNE 24° | 4,165.5 m | 6.0 mi |
| Koontz Pinnacle | NNE 14° | 4,145 m | 6.5 mi |
| Black Kaweah | N 11° | 4,140 m | 6.4 mi |
| Squaretop | NNE 21° | 4,121.8 m | 6.0 mi |
| Pyramidal Pinnacle | NNE 14° | 4,116 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 15 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358801795
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