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White Mountain Peak

4,344 m14,252 ft

Easiest route: 9.4 km+2,530 m · about 6.5 h · T4
Prominence: 2,195 m7,201 ft
Isolation: 117 km
Tonight: 13°FPartly cloudy · Wind 15 mph N

White Mountain Peak is a 4,344 m (14,252 ft) mountain in the White Mountains, California, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 4,344 m · 14,252 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Williamson (4,390 m)
Range: White Mountains
Region: California, United States
Protected area: Inyo National Forest
Coordinates: 37.6341° N, 118.2557° W

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Route

How to get to the top of White Mountain Peak

The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

From Road end, 8.4 km WSW of White Mountain Peak

Distance: 9.4 kmone way
Climb: +2,530 m−128 m (8,301 ft up)
Time up: about 6.5 h
Difficulty: T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places

White Mountain Peak elevation profile

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Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

White Mountain Peak 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

White Mountain Peak terrain and contours

100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

White Mountain Peak weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 13°F (-11°C) · 12% chance of precipitation · Wind 15 mph N

White Mountain Peak forecast for the summit, about 3,740 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,976 m.

Tonight13°12%15 mph NBase 37°
Sat18°27°2%10–20 mph NEBase 40 / 55°
Sun22°32°–5–10 mph SBase 44 / 60°
Mon21°34°–10–15 mph SWBase 44 / 61°
Tue21°33°–5–10 mph SWBase 43 / 61°
Wed22°32°–5 mph SBase 44 / 60°
Thu21°30°6%5 mph SWBase 43 / 57°

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.

Slope

How steep is the route to White Mountain Peak?

The easiest mapped route, 9.4 km from 1,938 m to 4,344 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.

0 km · 1,938 m9.4 km · 4,344 m

0–15°4.8 km
15–30°3.8 km
30–45°0.8 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 100 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 49.4%Trees 21.1%Grassland 18.5%Shrubland 11.0%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 135 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

White Mountains sky pilot53
Alpine Gold39
Rambling fleabane37
Yellow-bellied Marmot29
Cushion buckwheat22
Mount Hood pussypaws22

Where it sits

Where White Mountain Peak sits

Ranked in 1

#32 Treks and hikes in United States

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Mary66 km W

White Mountain Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGWhite Mountain Peak satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-17.

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GIS & GPS

GPXWhite Mountain Peak GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,341 m at the summit; the official height is 4,344 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,344 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	4,342 m	-2 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	4,341 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-30	4,337 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,329 m	-15 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-17)
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