Whitney Pass
Whitney Pass is a mountain saddle in Inyo County, Desert, California and has an elevation of 13,330 feet. Whitney Pass is situated nearby to the locality Bighorn Park, as well as near Whitney Portal Trailhead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount McAdie and Mount Muir.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Whitney Pass
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 13,330 feet
- Description: a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada, California
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Inyo County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.5555° or 36° 33′ 20″ northLongitude
-118.2809° or 118° 16′ 51″ westElevation
13,330 feet (4,063 metres)Open location code
8583HP49+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1343514174OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleGeoNames ID
5409024Wikidata ID
Q118081673
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