Russell-Carillon Pass
Russell-Carillon Pass is a mountain saddle in Inyo County, Desert, California and has an elevation of 13,281 feet. Russell-Carillon Pass is situated nearby to the locality Bighorn Park, as well as near Whitney Portal Trailhead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 13,281 feet
- Description: mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada of California
- Also known as: “Russell Col”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Whitney and Mount Russell.
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 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.
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.
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.
Russell-Carillon Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Inyo County, Desert, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.5915° or 36° 35′ 29″ northLongitude
-118.2812° or 118° 16′ 52″ westElevation
13,281 feet (4,048 metres)Open location code
8583HPR9+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 7942773346OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleWikidata ID
Q119892572
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bighorn Park and Whitney Portal Trailhead.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Carillon and Cleaver Col.
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