The Minster
The Minster rises to 3,740 m in California. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the southeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Deerhorn Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q118640235, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,739.5 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Deerhorn Mountain: 0.7 mi
- West Vidette: 1.2 mi
- Mount Ericsson: 1.4 mi
- Mount Stanford: 1.7 mi
- Gregory's Monument: 1.7 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 17.0 mi
- Boot Arch: 17.0 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 17.2 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 17.4 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 17.6 mi
- Tub Springs: 8.9 mi
- Boron Springs: 9.7 mi
- McGann Springs: 11.9 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 13.2 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 13.8 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 2.8 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 6.4 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 7.5 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 8.7 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 10.9 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 7.4 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 7.4 mi
- Mist Falls: 9.7 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 9.8 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 10.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 13.0 mi
- Valhalla: 13.5 mi
- Muro Blanco: 14.5 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 18.2 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 19.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 16.7 mi
- Lathe Arch: 17.9 mi
- Mobius Arch: 17.9 mi
- Heart Arch: 18.0 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 19.1 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 14.5 mi
- Japanese Garden: 14.6 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 14.6 mi
- Arai Pond: 14.7 mi
- Kado's Garden: 14.7 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 13.4 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 13.6 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 15.2 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 21.2 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 21.5 mi
- Dehy Park: 13.6 mi
- Independence Park: 13.7 mi
- Merritt Park: 14.6 mi
- Spainhower Park: 21.1 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 23.0 mi
- Kearsarge: 8.4 mi
- San Carlos: 17.5 mi
- Bend City: 17.6 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 13.5 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Paiute Mural: 14.7 mi
- Miss Alabama: 19.7 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 16.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of The Minster. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | SE 124° | 4,383 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | SE 132° | 4,275 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Barnard | SE 137° | 4,266 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Stanford | ESE 120° | 4,260 m | 1.7 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | ESE 124° | 4,254 m | 1.7 mi |
| Mount Keith | ESE 104° | 4,249 m | 4.5 mi |
| Trojan Peak | SE 131° | 4,245 m | 7.8 mi |
| Junction Peak | ESE 119° | 4,224 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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, 13 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 236194 — The Minster, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/7898768298
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