Midway Mountain

Midway Mountain
Midway Mountain centered, east aspect
(Milestone Mtn to left, Table Mtn to right)
Highest point
Elevation13,665 ft (4,165 m)[1]
Prominence1,329 ft (405 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Stanford (13,979 ft)[2]
Isolation6.04 mi (9.72 km)[2]
ListingSierra Peaks Section
Coordinates36°38′36″N 118°29′01″W / 36.6433251°N 118.4837100°W / 36.6433251; -118.4837100[3]
Geography
Midway Mountain is located in California
Midway Mountain
Midway Mountain
Location in California
Midway Mountain is located in the United States
Midway Mountain
Midway Mountain
Midway Mountain (the United States)
LocationSequoia National Park
Tulare County
California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Great Western Divide[1]
Topo mapUSGS Mount Brewer
Geology
Rock ageCretaceous
Mountain typeFault block
Rock typegranitic
Climbing
First ascent1912
Easiest routeclass 2[2] East face

Midway Mountain is a remote 13,665-foot-elevation (4,165-meter) mountain summit located on the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California.[3] It is set on the common boundary that Kings Canyon National Park shares with Sequoia National Park, and is situated 0.6 miles (0.97 km) southwest of Table Mountain, and 0.6 mile north of Milestone Mountain. Midway Mountain ranks as the 39th-highest summit in California,[2] and the highest point on the central Great Western Divide.[1] It would be the highest of the entire Great Western Divide if the Kaweah Peaks were excluded. Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises over 4,800 feet (1,500 meters) above Cloud Canyon in three miles, and the east aspect rises over 3,800 feet (1,200 meters) above the Kern River in three miles.

  1. ^ a b c d "Midway Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  2. ^ a b c d "Midway Mountain - 13,664' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  3. ^ a b "Midway Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-06-15.