Picture Peak
Picture Peak rises to 3,999 m in California. Mount Agassiz stands 4,235 m to the east-southeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Wallace, a peak 0.5 miles away.
The story
Picture Peak is a 13,140+ foot (4,001+ m) mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County in northern California, United States. It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness within the Inyo National Forest. It is approximately 21 miles (34 km) west of the community of Big Pine, and 0.65 miles (1.05 km) east of parent Mount Haeckel. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises over 2,000 feet (610 meters) above Hungry Packer Lake in approximately one-half mile (1 km). The first ascent of the summit was made July 1967, by Gary Colliver and Steve Thompson via the northeast face. This mountain's name has not been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
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Wikidata Q106778525, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3999 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Wallace: 0.5 mi
- Mount Haeckel: 0.7 mi
- Clyde Spires West: 0.7 mi
- Crumbly Spire: 0.7 mi
- Clyde Spires East: 0.7 mi
- Cold Springs: 10.5 mi
- Grouse Spring: 11.0 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 15.4 mi
- Fish Springs: 21.8 mi
- Wam Springs: 22.3 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 8.5 mi
- Second Falls: 10.7 mi
- First Falls: 11.5 mi
- Triple Falls: 12.6 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 13.1 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 16.1 mi
- Log Cabin: 16.8 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 18.1 mi
- Zurich: 21.5 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 13.4 mi
- Millpond Recreation Area: 17.9 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 18.2 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 18.5 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 18.6 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 18.9 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Great Cliffs: 9.8 mi
- Windy Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 15.1 mi
- Muro Blanco: 18.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Rock Monster: 3.1 mi
- John Muir Rock: 10.7 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 23.6 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 19.4 mi
- American Mule Museum: 20.5 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 23.9 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Picture Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agassiz | ESE 112° | 4,235 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Darwin | NW 311° | 4,216 m | 1.7 mi |
| Mount Winchell | ESE 115° | 4,200 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Mendel | NW 312° | 4,177 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Goddard | SW 230° | 4,126 m | 5.1 mi |
| Cloudripper | E 95° | 4,122 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Fiske | SW 227° | 4,116 m | 1.4 mi |
| Mount Thompson | ESE 105° | 4,115 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
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/11091802303
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