Whitney Portal
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in California
- Also known as: “Hunter Flat”, “Hunters Camp”, “Whitney Portal, CA”, and “Whitney Portal, California”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lone Pine Peak and Thor Peak.
Lone Pine Peak
Peak
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Lone Pine Peak is located on the east side of the Sierra Nevada range just west of the town of Lone Pine, California in Inyo County, in eastern California in the southwestern United States. Lone Pine Peak is situated 2 miles south of Whitney Portal.
Thor Peak
Peak
Thor Peak is a 12,306-foot-elevation mountain summit located east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County, California. It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness on land managed by Inyo National Forest. Thor Peak is situated 2½ miles west of Whitney Portal.
Whitney Portal
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Inyo County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.58919° or 36° 35′ 21″ northLongitude
-118.22705° or 118° 13′ 37″ westElevation
7,851 feet (2,393 metres)Open location code
8583HQQF+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 150933529OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Whitney Portal” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “惠特尼波托爾”
- French: “Whitney Portal”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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