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Midway Mountain
Mountain in the state of California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Midway Mountain | |
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![]() Midway Mountain centered, east aspect (Milestone Mtn to left, Table Mtn to right) | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,665 ft (4,165 m)[1] |
Prominence | 1,329 ft (405 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Stanford (13,979 ft)[2] |
Isolation | 6.04 mi (9.72 km)[2] |
Listing | Sierra Peaks Section |
Coordinates | 36°38′36″N 118°29′01″W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Sequoia National Park Tulare County California, U.S. |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada Great Western Divide[1] |
Topo map | USGS Mount Brewer |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Cretaceous |
Mountain type | Fault block |
Type of rock | granitic |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1912 |
Easiest route | class 2[2] East face |