White Mountain Peak

White Mountain Peak
White Mountain Peak
	White Mountain Peak from trail, June 2004
Highest point
Elevation	14,252 ft (4,344 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	7,196 ft (2,193 m)
Parent peak	Mount Whitney
Isolation	67.4 mi (108.5 km)
Listing	North America highest peaks 44th; North America prominent peak 67th; U.S. highest major peaks 30th; California highest major peaks 3rd; California county high points 3rd; Ultra;
Coordinates	37°38′03″N 118°15′20″W / 37.634094761°N 118.255655789°W
Geography
	White Mountain Peak Location in California White Mountain Peak White Mountain Peak (the United States)
Location	Mono County, California, U.S.
Parent range	White Mountains
Topo map	USGS White Mountain Peak
Geology
Mountain type	Igneous Rock
Climbing
Easiest route	Road hike

White Mountain Peak (or simply White Mountain), at 14,252 feet (4,344 m), is the highest peak in the White Mountains of California, the highest peak in Mono County, and the third highest peak in the state after Mount Whitney and Mount Williamson. In spite of its name, the summit block of the peak has large swaths of very dark and colorful orange scree and rock; it is composed of Mesozoic metavolcanic rock, which is igneous rock altered by rising granite.

It is the fourteenth most topographically prominent peak in the contiguous United States.^[4] White Mountain Peak is one of only two fourteeners (peaks above 14,000 feet) in California that are not in the Sierra Nevada, the other being Mount Shasta at the far northern end of the state in the Cascade Range. It is the only fourteener in the contiguous United States that is not in the Rocky Mountains, the Cascade Range, or the Sierra Nevada. It is in the Inyo-White Mountains.^[5]

^ ^a ^b "White Mountain Peak". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "White Mountain Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Adobe Hills West". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
^ "USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
^ "White Mountain Peak – California, United States, North America – John Diggler". Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2022.

[NGS-1] "White Mountain Peak". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved January 5, 2016.

[PB-2] "White Mountain Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.

[3] "Adobe Hills West". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 20, 2016.

[pb_list-4] "USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 30, 2012.

[5] "White Mountain Peak – California, United States, North America – John Diggler". Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2022.

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