Scylla
Scylla rises to 3,940 m in California. Mount Agassiz stands 4,235 m to the east-northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is The Three Sirens, a peak 0.3 miles away.
The story
Scylla is a 12,956-foot-elevation (3,949-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County, California, United States. This peak is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, 1.27 miles (2.04 km) southwest of Charybdis, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Goddard, and 2.57 miles (4.14 km) west of Mount McDuffie. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,150 feet (960 meters) above Enchanted Gorge in approximately one mile. The John Muir Trail provides one possible approach option to this remote peak. An ascent of the peak is non-technical via the northwest slope, and inclusion on the Sierra Peaks Section peakbagging list generates climbing interest in this peak.
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Wikidata Q49072080, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3940 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Three Sirens: 0.3 mi
- Mount Hansen: 0.5 mi
- Charybdis: 1.3 mi
- Mount Solomons: 2.0 mi
- Mount Ithaca: 2.0 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 9.8 mi
- Triple Falls: 9.9 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 10.8 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 12.7 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 7.7 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 13.8 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 20.1 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 20.5 mi
- Qualls Camp: 20.7 mi
- Cold Springs: 8.6 mi
- Grouse Spring: 13.9 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 18.6 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 22.0 mi
- Scotty Spring: 22.5 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 15.3 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 18.8 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 20.8 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 22.8 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 23.0 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 16.2 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Great Cliffs: 6.8 mi
- Windy Cliff: 8.6 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 10.2 mi
- Muro Blanco: 15.0 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 20.0 mi
- Rock Monster: 4.6 mi
- John Muir Rock: 12.0 mi
- Mono Hot Springs Resort: 24.8 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 23.3 mi
- Jumping Rock: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Scylla. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agassiz | ENE 76° | 4,235 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Darwin | N 9° | 4,216 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Winchell | E 79° | 4,200 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Mendel | N 4° | 4,177 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Goddard | NW 314° | 4,126 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Fiske | NNE 17° | 4,116 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Thompson | NE 44° | 4,115 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Lamarck | N 8° | 4,088 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 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: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 25 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799587
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