Crooks Peak

Crooks Peak is a peak in Inyo County, Desert, California and has an elevation of 14,199 feet. Crooks Peak is situated nearby to the locality Bighorn Park, as well as near Whitney Portal Trailhead.

Type: Peak with an elevation of 14,199 feet
Description: mountain in United States of America
Also known as: “Day Needle” and “Days Needle”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Whitney and Mount Muir.

Mount Whitney

Photo: Bureau of Land Management, CC BY 2.0.

Mount Whitney is in the Sierra Nevada range in California. At an elevation of 14,505 ft above sea level, it is the highest point in the contiguous United States.

Mount Muir

Peak

Photo: Poppy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Muir is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California, 0.95 miles south of Mount Whitney. This 14,018-foot peak is named in honor of John Muir, a geologist, conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club.

Smithsonian Institution Shelter

Shelter

Smithsonian Institution Shelter

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

The Smithsonian Institution Shelter, also known as the Mount Whitney Summit Shelter and the Mount Whitney Hut, was built in 1909 on the summit plateau of Mount Whitney, in the Sierra Nevada within Sequoia National Park, in California.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitney Portal.

Whitney Portal

Hamlet

Photo: MostlyDeserts, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whitney Portal is the end of the Whitney Portal road in Inyo County, California, 13.7 miles west of Lone Pine at an elevation of 8,374 feet. Whitney Portal is the gateway to Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States; it is the trailhead for the Mount Whitney Trail.

Crooks Peak

Categories: subpeak and landform
Location: Inyo County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.5746° or 36° 34′ 29″ north

Longitude

-118.2907° or 118° 17′ 27″ west

Elevation

14,199 feet (4,328 metres)

Open location code

8583HPF5+RP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7601225732

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Crooks Peak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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In Other Languages

“Crooks Peak” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Crooks Peak”
“Crooks Peak”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bighorn Park and Whitney Portal Trailhead.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Keeler Needle and Lewis Peak.

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