The Miter
The Miter rises to 3,892 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the north-northwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Corcoran, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49082686, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,892 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Corcoran: 0.8 mi
- Mount LeConte: 0.8 mi
- Mount Mallory: 1.0 mi
- Mount McAdie: 1.3 mi
- Mount Irvine: 1.4 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 2.1 mi
- Indian Spring: 10.3 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 13.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 15.4 mi
- Boron Springs: 17.4 mi
- Walt's Point: 9.4 mi
- Cousin Jack: 11.4 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 11.7 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 14.3 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 14.4 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 8.9 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 9.1 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 9.2 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 9.2 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 9.4 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 9.5 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
- Volcano Falls: 14.5 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 16.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 7.6 mi
- Palette Arch: 8.9 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 9.0 mi
- Lathe Arch: 9.4 mi
- Mobius Arch: 9.4 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 14.2 mi
- Kado's Garden: 14.4 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 14.5 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 14.6 mi
- Barracks Garden: 14.6 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 3.6 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 8.9 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 9.0 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 9.0 mi
- Chocolate Block: 9.1 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 11.8 mi
- Spainhower Park: 12.2 mi
- Merritt Park: 14.7 mi
- Independence Park: 18.5 mi
- Dehy Park: 19.0 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 12.1 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 12.2 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 14.8 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 18.7 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 18.8 mi
- Kearsarge: 19.3 mi
- Swansea: 20.0 mi
- San Carlos: 20.1 mi
- Bend City: 21.0 mi
- Keeler: 21.9 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 8.8 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 22.6 mi
- Miss Alabama: 10.2 mi
- Paiute Mural: 14.6 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 20.0 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of The Miter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NNW 333° | 4,420 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Williamson | NNW 343° | 4,383 m | 8.7 mi |
| Keeler Needle | NNW 332° | 4,361 m | 3.2 mi |
| Crooks Peak | NNW 332° | 4,342 m | 3.1 mi |
| Lewis Peak | NNW 332° | 4,307 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Russell | NNW 339° | 4,296 m | 4.1 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | NNW 331° | 4,289 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mount Langley | ESE 120° | 4,277 m | 1.6 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, 19 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 268199 — The Miter, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358800347
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