Sakai Col
Sakai Col is a mountain saddle in Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California and has an elevation of 12,995 feet. Sakai Col is situated nearby to the locality Bighorn Park, as well as near Whitney Portal Trailhead.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.
Sakai Col
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 12,995 feet
- Description: mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada of California
- Categories: mountain pass, key col, and landform
- Location: Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.5861° or 36° 35′ 10″ northLongitude
-118.2885° or 118° 17′ 19″ westElevation
12,995 feet (3,961 metres)Open location code
8583HPP6+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 10305160356OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleWikidata ID
Q119892656
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bighorn Park and Whitney Portal Trailhead.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whitney-Russell Pass and Iceberg Lake.
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