Shell Mountain
Shell Mountain rises to 2,920 m in California. Big Bird Peak stands 3,536 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Stony Creek Picnic Area, a picnic site 2.7 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49073156, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,920 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Maddox: 3.5 mi
- Kettle Peak: 3.8 mi
- Buck Rock: 4.6 mi
- Chimney Rock: 4.8 mi
- Big Baldy: 5.0 mi
- Big Springs: 6.8 mi
- Hidden Spring: 7.3 mi
- Wall Spring: 9.9 mi
- Slide Spring: 10.1 mi
- Granite Spring: 10.5 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 2.9 mi
- Crystal Cave: 7.5 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 8.2 mi
- McKinley Tree: 8.7 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 8.8 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 8.0 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 8.1 mi
- Marble Falls: 9.8 mi
- Viola Falls: 10.3 mi
- Ella Falls: 10.4 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 6.4 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 6.9 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 9.9 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 10.0 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 15.8 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 5.7 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 20.7 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 21.1 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 22.4 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 22.8 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Valhalla: 14.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 17.7 mi
- Muro Blanco: 21.2 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 22.3 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 8.6 mi
- Jumping Rock: 8.9 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 9.1 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 18.0 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 20.1 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Shell Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bird Peak | ESE 118° | 3,536 m | 12.1 mi |
| Winter Alta | SE 130° | 3,453 m | 10.4 mi |
| Alta Peak | SE 134° | 3,437 m | 10.3 mi |
| Palmer Mountain | ENE 74° | 3,430 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Silliman | ESE 123° | 3,397 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Harrington | NNE 16° | 3,360 m | 12.6 mi |
| Tharps Rock | SE 137° | 3,261 m | 10.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ESE 114° | 3,194 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358775074
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