Thor 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
Mount Russell
Peak
Photo: Will Beback, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Russell is a peak in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the U.S. state of California, about 0.8 miles north of Mount Whitney. Possessing an elevation of 14,094 feet, it is the seventh-highest peak in the state and one of California's twelve fourteeners.
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.
Thor Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 12,228 feet
- Description: mountain in California, United States
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Inyo County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.57671° or 36° 34′ 36″ northLongitude
-118.26558° or 118° 15′ 56″ westElevation
12,228 feet (3,727 metres)Open location code
8583HPGM+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 358800368OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Thor Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thor Peak (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California)”
- Cebuano: “Thor Peak”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Frog Pond and Mirror Lake.
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