Mount Muir
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 13,983 feet
- Description: mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California
- Also known as: “Mt. Muir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Whitney and Trail Crest.
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.
Trail Crest
Mountain saddle
Photo: Sanjoy Ghosh, CC BY 2.0.
Trail Crest is a mountain trail pass on the Mount Whitney Trail that crosses the Sierra Crest. East of the pass are 97 switchbacks leading down to Trail Camp in Inyo National Forest.
Mount McAdie
Peak
Mount McAdie is a summit on the crest of the Sierra Nevada, and is located 2.1 miles south of Mount Whitney. It has three summits, with the north peak being the highest.
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.
Mount Muir
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Inyo County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.56475° or 36° 33′ 53″ northLongitude
-118.29125° or 118° 17′ 29″ westElevation
13,983 feet (4,262 metres)Open location code
8583HP75+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 358803107OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Muir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Mount Muir” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Muir (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California)”
- Cebuano: “Mount Muir”
- Dutch: “Mount Muir”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت موير”
- French: “mont Muir”
- French: “Mont Muir”
- French: “Mount Muir”
- German: “Mount Muir”
- Ladin: “Mount Muir”
- Polish: “Mount Muir”
- Russian: “Мьюр”
- “Mount Muir”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bighorn Park and Whitney Portal Trailhead.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include S’brutal Tower and Aiguille Junior.
Inyo County: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Muir”. Photo: Poppy, CC BY-SA 3.0.