Ruby Peak, John Muir Wilderness

Name: Ruby Peak
Address: John Muir Wilderness, United States

#53 among attractions in John Muir Wilderness

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Ruby Peak is a thirteener on the Sierra Crest, north of Mount Mills. It is in the John Muir Wilderness and on the boundary between the Sierra National Forest and the Inyo National Forest. It is near Mono Pass. The eastern slope drains into Rock Creek which feeds the Owens River while the western slopes drains in Mono Creek which feeds the South Fork of the San Joaquin River. ()

First ascent: 1946Elevation: 13194 ftProminence: 588 ftCoordinates: 37°24'32"N, 118°46'55"W

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John Muir Wilderness United States

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Ruby Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Abbot, Mount Morgan, Mount Mills, Mills Lake.

1.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Abbot, John Muir Wilderness
40 min walk • Mount Abbot is a mountain in California's Sierra Nevada, in the John Muir Wilderness. It is located between Mount Mills and Mount Dade along the Sierra Crest and straddles the border between Fresno and Inyo counties.
2.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Morgan, John Muir Wilderness
68 min walk • Mount Morgan is a mountain located in northwestern Inyo County, California, in the John Muir Wilderness of the Inyo National Forest.
1.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Mills, John Muir Wilderness
30 min walk • Mount Mills is a Thirteener and California 4000 meter peak, on the Sierra Crest, north of Mount Abbot and south of Mono Pass in the Sierra Nevada. The mountain is located within the John Muir Wilderness area. The 13,457 feet summit marks the boundary between northwestern Inyo County and eastern Fresno County.
0.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Mills Lake, John Muir Wilderness
14 min walk • Mills Lake is a California waterbody along the Sierra Crest east of Ruby Peak and Mount Mills near Little Lakes Valley. The discharge of Mills Lake flows through Ruby Lake, Rock Creek Lake, and into Rock Creek.
2.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bear Creek Spire, John Muir Wilderness
75 min walk • Bear Creek Spire is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California, in the western United States, and is the 46th highest mountain in California and the 225th highest mountain in the United States. Bear Creek Spire is part of the John Muir Wilderness and the Inyo National Forest.
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Hopkins, John Muir Wilderness
106 min walk • Mount Hopkins is a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness north of Kings Canyon National Park. It is one of four peaks that surround Pioneer Basin, 1.4 miles south-southeast of Mount Crocker, 2 miles west-southwest of Mount Huntington, and 2 miles southwest of Mount Stanford.
2.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Gabb, John Muir Wilderness
64 min walk • Mount Gabb is in the central Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California. Mount Gabb is in the John Muir Wilderness of Sierra National Forest and is named after William More Gabb, a paleontologist and member of the Whitney Survey.
3.9 miS
Mountain pass, Nature
Italy Pass, Devils Postpile National Monument
100 min walk • Italy Pass, is a gap at an elevation of 12,408 feet, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Inyo County, California.