Place: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, United States
Mt Whitney Sunrise
Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet. It is located at the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties.
Description
Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). It is located at the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties. The western slope of the mountain lies within Sequoia National Park and the summit is the southern terminus of the John Muir Trail which runs 211.9 miles (341.0 km) from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley.
The peak was named after Josiah Whitney, the State Geologist of California. It was first climbed in 1873 by Charles Begole, A. H. Johnson, and John Lucas; fishermen who lived in Lone Pine, California.
Mount Whitney is just 76 miles (122 km) west of the lowest point in North America at Badwater in Death Valley (282 feet (86 m) below sea level).
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Lone Pine, California, US
Discovered by Chad Foreman
on 20 April 2008.
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