Mount Humphreys, John Muir Wilderness

Name: Mount Humphreys
Address: John Muir Wilderness, United States

#25 among attractions in John Muir Wilderness

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mount Humphreys is a mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada on the Fresno-Inyo county line in the U.S. state of California. It is the 13th highest peak in California, and the highest peak in the Bishop area. The mountain was named by the California Geological Survey of 1873 for Andrew A. Humphreys, the chief engineer of the United States Army at the time. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1904Elevation: 13992 ftCoordinates: 37°16'14"N, 118°40'26"W

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Mount Humphreys – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lake Sabrina, Mount Tom, Loch Leven, Mount Emerson.

5.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Sabrina, Inyo National Forest
138 min walk • Lake Sabrina is a lake created by damming the middle fork of Bishop Creek. It is located south-west of Bishop, California on California State Route 168, in the Inyo National Forest. It has a cafe as well as a dock.
4.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Tom, John Muir Wilderness
122 min walk • Mount Tom is a large and prominent peak near the city of Bishop in Inyo County of eastern California. It is in the Sierra Nevada and east of the Sierra Crest. The mountain is also in the John Muir Wilderness.
2.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Leven, John Muir Wilderness
74 min walk • Loch Leven is the name of several lakes in California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada.
2.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Emerson, John Muir Wilderness
57 min walk • Mount Emerson is located in the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County in eastern California, United States. Mount Emerson is the 116th highest mountain in California and the 671st highest mountain in the United States.
2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Basin Mountain, John Muir Wilderness
52 min walk • Basin Mountain in California's eastern Sierra Nevada range is a large and visually prominent peak near the city of Bishop. Basin Mountain is not as tall as its neighboring peaks, Mount Tom and Mount Humphreys, but it dominates the view to the west from Bishop as it rises above the Buttermilks.
5.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Matthes Glaciers, John Muir Wilderness
141 min walk • The Matthes Glaciers are a group of glaciers east of the Glacier Divide in the Sierra Nevada, in the U.S. state of California. The glaciers were named for François E. Matthes.
4.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Goethe Glacier, John Muir Wilderness
120 min walk • Goethe Glacier is a small glacier located in the Sierra Nevada Range in the John Muir Wilderness of Sierra National Forest in the U.S. state of California. The glacier is northwest of Mount Goethe.
4.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Goethe, Kings Canyon National Park
121 min walk • Mount Goethe is a summit in Fresno County, California, in the United States. With an elevation of 13,270 feet, Mount Goethe is the 96th highest summit in the state of California. It was named after the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the author of Faust.
3.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
The Buttermilks, Inyo National Forest
99 min walk • The Buttermilks, or Buttermilk Country, is a well known bouldering destination near Bishop, California. It comprises the western edge of the Owens Valley, in the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada.