Norman Clyde Peak
Norman Clyde Peak rises to 4,245 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the west-northwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Palisade, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
Norman Clyde Peak, standing 13,970 feet (4,258 m) tall, is in natural company among the high peaks of the Palisades region of the Sierra Nevada in California. It raises on the main ridge of the Palisades', between Middle Palisade and Palisade Crest. Norman Clyde Glacier on its north face, and Middle Palisade Glacier on its east both feed the headwaters of the South Fork of Big Pine Creek. It is named posthumously for mountaineer Norman Clyde, who first climbed it by way of the Norman Clyde Glacier in 1930.
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Wikidata Q8525889, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4245.2 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Palisade: 0.4 mi
- Disappointment Peak: 0.6 mi
- Balcony Peak: 0.7 mi
- Palisade Crest: 1.0 mi
- Mount Jepson: 1.5 mi
- Grouse Spring: 4.8 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 8.7 mi
- Fish Springs: 12.0 mi
- Scotty Spring: 12.6 mi
- Big Seeley Spring: 14.2 mi
- First Falls: 3.9 mi
- Second Falls: 4.2 mi
- Triple Falls: 7.7 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 17.7 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 17.7 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 12.0 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 12.3 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 17.6 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 19.9 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 19.9 mi
- Windy Cliff: 7.0 mi
- Great Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Muro Blanco: 11.7 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 14.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 20.1 mi
- American Mule Museum: 20.7 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 23.4 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 24.0 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 24.1 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 23.1 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Rock Monster: 8.3 mi
- John Muir Rock: 21.7 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 23.6 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 21.3 mi
- Kearsarge: 20.1 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Norman Clyde Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | WNW 302° | 4,343 m | 2.6 mi |
| Starlight Peak | WNW 302° | 4,323.7 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Sill | NW 313° | 4,316 m | 2.2 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | WNW 302° | 4,298.2 m | 2.4 mi |
| Middle Palisade | SE 134° | 4,278.2 m | 0.4 mi |
| Split Mountain | SE 142° | 4,269 m | 4.7 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | NW 304° | 4,268 m | 2.9 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | SE 140° | 4,258.6 m | 0.6 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 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 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, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358806931
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