North Palisade
North Palisade rises to 4,343 m in California. Starlight Peak stands 4,324 m to the north-northwest, 0.1 miles off.
The story
North Palisade is the third-highest mountain in the Sierra Nevada range of California, and one of the state's small number of peaks over 14,000 feet, known as fourteeners. It is the highest peak of the Palisades group of peaks in the central part of the Sierra range. It sports a small glacier (the Palisade Glacier) and several highly prized rock climbing routes on its northeast side.
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Wikidata Q4327485, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4343 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Starlight Peak: 0.1 mi
- Polemonium Peak: 0.1 mi
- Thunderbolt Peak: 0.3 mi
- Barrett Peak: 0.5 mi
- Apex Peak: 0.6 mi
- Grouse Spring: 4.9 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 9.5 mi
- Fish Springs: 14.1 mi
- Scotty Spring: 15.1 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 16.2 mi
- Second Falls: 4.3 mi
- First Falls: 4.5 mi
- Triple Falls: 7.9 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 16.7 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 16.9 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 13.3 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 13.5 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 16.0 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 18.9 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 18.9 mi
- Windy Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Great Cliffs: 7.2 mi
- Muro Blanco: 12.8 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 14.2 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.1 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 23.8 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 19.3 mi
- American Mule Museum: 20.0 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 23.0 mi
- Rock Monster: 5.9 mi
- John Muir Rock: 19.1 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 23.8 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 19.9 mi
- Kearsarge: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of North Palisade. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starlight Peak | NNW 327° | 4,323.7 m | 0.1 mi |
| Mount Sill | E 79° | 4,316 m | 0.6 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | ESE 117° | 4,298.2 m | 0.1 mi |
| Middle Palisade | ESE 123° | 4,278.2 m | 3.0 mi |
| Split Mountain | SE 135° | 4,269 m | 7.2 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | NW 323° | 4,268 m | 0.3 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | SE 125° | 4,258.6 m | 3.2 mi |
| Barrett Peak | ESE 122° | 4,258 m | 0.5 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.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798951
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