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Mount Whitney

4,421 m14,505 ft

Prominence: 3,073 m10,082 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: 17°FSnow showers · Wind 7–18 mph NNE

Mount Whitney is a 4,421 m (14,505 ft) mountain in the Sierra Nevada, California, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 4,421 m · 14,505 ft
Range: Sierra Nevada
Region: California, United States
Protected area: Inyo National Forest
Spanish name: Monte Whitney
Coordinates: 36.5787° N, 118.2921° W

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3D map

Mount Whitney 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Whitney terrain and contours

100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Whitney elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Whitney weather

Today · Snow showers · 17 / 24°F (-8 / -4°C) · 46% chance of precipitation · Wind 6 mph NE

Mount Whitney forecast for the summit, about 3,708 m.

Today17°24°46%6 mph NE
Sat22°30°–1–22 mph NNE
Sun25°35°–2–8 mph SSW
Mon25°36°–2–7 mph SW
Tue25°37°–1–14 mph WSW
Wed25°35°1%2–6 mph SW
Thu24°33°7%2–7 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:33 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 16.2 × 16.2 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

28.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

30.5%

Steep, 30–45°

28.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

12.6%

Steeper than 30°: 40.6% of the 262 km² view
Relief in view: 2,762 m low point 1,656 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 63.9%Trees 16.2%Grassland 14.8%Shrubland 3.4%Water 1.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 8.1 km, measured from the Mount Whitney summit.

Summit list 7

1Lewis Peak4,307 m 0.6 km SSE
2Aiguille Extra4,289 m 0.7 km SSE
3Aiguille du Paquoir4,270 m 0.9 km S
4Mount Russell4,296 m 1.3 km N
5Mount Muir4,275 m 1.5 km S
6Mount Barnard4,266 m 6.1 km NNW
7Mount Langley4,277 m 7.7 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 8.1 km; 445 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Sierra Nevada Sky Pilot248
Yellow-bellied Marmot156
Alpine Gold103
Sierra primrose99
Foxtail pine99
Snowplant96

Where it sits

Where Mount Whitney sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Glen Pass3,635 m26 km NNW

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Print & wall

JPGMount Whitney satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-03.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,418 m at the summit; the official height is 4,421 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,421 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	4,419 m	-2 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	4,418 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-30	4,411 m	-10 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,404 m	-17 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-03)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia