Temple Crag
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Temple Crag rises to 3,945 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the southwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Gayley, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Temple Crag is a mountain peak in the Palisades group of peaks of the Sierra Nevada with an elevation of 12,982 feet (3,957 m). The peak lies east of the Sierra Crest, between Mount Gayley and Mount Alice, straddling the drainages of the North and South Forks of Big Pine Creek. The peak's north face forms the backdrop for part of the North Fork Big Pine Creek hiking trail in the John Muir Wilderness and Inyo National Forest. It is also a rock climbing destination, with its arêtes hosting the routes Venusian Blind, Moon Goddess Arete, Sun Ribbon Arete, and Dark Star.
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Wikidata Q7698508, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3945 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Gayley: 0.7 mi
- Apex Peak: 1.1 mi
- Mount Sill: 1.1 mi
- Mount Jepson: 1.4 mi
- Mount Robinson: 1.5 mi
- Grouse Spring: 3.2 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 7.8 mi
- Fish Springs: 12.8 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 14.7 mi
- Uhlmeyer Spring: 14.8 mi
- Second Falls: 2.6 mi
- First Falls: 2.9 mi
- Triple Falls: 9.3 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 17.5 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 17.6 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 11.7 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 12.0 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 15.1 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 17.6 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 17.6 mi
- Windy Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Great Cliffs: 8.8 mi
- Muro Blanco: 13.9 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 15.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.9 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 22.2 mi
- Rock Monster: 7.0 mi
- John Muir Rock: 19.8 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 24.2 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 17.9 mi
- American Mule Museum: 18.6 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 21.5 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 23.8 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- Kearsarge: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Temple Crag. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | SW 230° | 4,343 m | 1.7 mi |
| Starlight Peak | SW 233° | 4,323.7 m | 1.6 mi |
| Mount Sill | SW 214° | 4,316 m | 1.1 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | SW 225° | 4,298.2 m | 1.6 mi |
| Middle Palisade | SSE 156° | 4,278.2 m | 3.0 mi |
| Split Mountain | SSE 148° | 4,269 m | 7.2 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | WSW 240° | 4,268 m | 1.7 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | SSE 155° | 4,258.6 m | 3.2 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, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796267
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