The Major General
The Major General rises to 3,780 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the north-northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Langley, a peak 1.3 miles away.
The story
Summit in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q119062526, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,780 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Langley: 1.3 mi
- The Miter: 1.7 mi
- Mount Corcoran: 1.9 mi
- Army Pass Point: 2.0 mi
- The Fin: 2.1 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 3.7 mi
- Indian Spring: 10.4 mi
- Soda Spring: 14.2 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 14.9 mi
- Iron Spring: 16.7 mi
- Walt's Point: 8.4 mi
- Cousin Jack: 11.9 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 12.2 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 15.3 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 15.7 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 9.6 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 9.9 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 9.9 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 10.0 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 10.0 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 9.2 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
- Volcano Falls: 13.3 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 17.6 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 8.5 mi
- Palette Arch: 9.3 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 9.4 mi
- Lathe Arch: 10.2 mi
- Mobius Arch: 10.2 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 15.6 mi
- Kado's Garden: 15.8 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 15.9 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 15.9 mi
- Barracks Garden: 15.9 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 5.2 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 9.4 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 9.4 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 9.4 mi
- Chocolate Block: 9.5 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 11.8 mi
- Spainhower Park: 12.6 mi
- Merritt Park: 16.0 mi
- Independence Park: 20.0 mi
- Dehy Park: 20.5 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 12.5 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 12.6 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 16.1 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 20.3 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 20.3 mi
- Swansea: 19.7 mi
- Kearsarge: 20.9 mi
- Keeler: 21.4 mi
- San Carlos: 21.5 mi
- Bend City: 22.4 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 8.5 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 21.3 mi
- Miss Alabama: 10.6 mi
- Paiute Mural: 16.0 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 18.6 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of The Major General. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NNW 338° | 4,420 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Williamson | NNW 344° | 4,383 m | 10.4 mi |
| Keeler Needle | NNW 337° | 4,361 m | 4.8 mi |
| Crooks Peak | NNW 338° | 4,342 m | 4.7 mi |
| Lewis Peak | NNW 338° | 4,307 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Russell | NNW 341° | 4,296 m | 5.7 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | NNW 337° | 4,289 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Langley | NE 52° | 4,277 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:02 | 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 | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 20 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 268198 — The Major General, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/4239332932
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