Palisade Crest
Palisade Crest rises to 4,131 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the west-northwest, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Jepson, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Palisade Crest is a jagged ridge in the Palisades region of the Sierra Nevada mountain rage in the United States, southeast of Mount Sill and northwest of Middle Palisade. Its twelve pinnacles are unofficially named for characters from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The highest pinnacle, at 13,559 feet (4,133 m), is called Gandalf Peak. The ridge marks the boundary between Kings Canyon National Park and the John Muir Wilderness.
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Wikidata Q7127578, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4131 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Jepson: 0.6 mi
- Norman Clyde Peak: 1.0 mi
- Barrett Peak: 1.1 mi
- Mount Sill: 1.3 mi
- Middle Palisade: 1.3 mi
- Grouse Spring: 4.7 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 8.9 mi
- Fish Springs: 12.8 mi
- Scotty Spring: 13.5 mi
- Big Seeley Spring: 15.1 mi
- First Falls: 4.0 mi
- Second Falls: 4.1 mi
- Triple Falls: 7.6 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 17.7 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 18.2 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 12.4 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 12.7 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 17.0 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 19.5 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 19.5 mi
- Windy Cliff: 6.7 mi
- Great Cliffs: 7.6 mi
- Muro Blanco: 12.0 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 14.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.9 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 23.4 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 19.8 mi
- American Mule Museum: 20.4 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 23.3 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 24.9 mi
- Rock Monster: 7.4 mi
- John Muir Rock: 20.7 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 24.3 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 22.2 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 20.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Palisade Crest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | WNW 303° | 4,343 m | 1.6 mi |
| Starlight Peak | NW 304° | 4,323.7 m | 1.7 mi |
| Mount Sill | NW 323° | 4,316 m | 1.3 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | WNW 303° | 4,298.2 m | 1.5 mi |
| Middle Palisade | SE 124° | 4,278.2 m | 1.3 mi |
| Split Mountain | SE 138° | 4,269 m | 5.6 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | NW 306° | 4,268 m | 1.9 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | SE 127° | 4,258.6 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 | 18:52 |
| 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659335 — Palisade Crest, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358807034
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