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Inyo National Forest is a United States National Forest covering parts of the eastern Sierra Nevada of California and the White Mountains of California and Nevada. The forest hosts several superlatives, including Mount Whitney , the highest point in the contiguous United States ; Boundary Peak , the highest point in Nevada; and the Ancient ...
Williamson stands in the John Muir Wilderness of the Inyo National Forest.It is located approximately 6 miles (10 km) north of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous U.S., and about 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Shepherd Pass, the nearest trail access.
It is situated one-half mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the Palisades area, just outside the boundary of Kings Canyon National Park. It is approximately 14 miles (23 km) west of the community of Big Pine , one mile (1.6 km) east-northeast of Bishop Pass , one-half mile (0.80 km) north of line parent Mount Agassiz ...
The wilderness is largely managed by the Inyo National Forest, with 24,162 acres (9,778 ha) managed by the Bureau of Land Management. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The wilderness covers the White Mountains along the eastern boundary of California, from Boundary Peak in the north, south almost to Bishop .
Independence Peak is an 11,742-foot-elevation (3,579-meter) mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Inyo County of northern California. [4] It is situated immediately south of Onion Valley on the eastern boundary of John Muir Wilderness , on land managed by Inyo National Forest .
On one side is Kings Canyon National Park and Fresno County; on the other is the John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest and Inyo County. Routes on Mount Sill are found on all sides of the peak and range in difficulty from scrambles ( class 2-3 ) to a moderately technical rock climbs (class 5.7).
A hiker, who was reported missing in California's Sierra Nevada mountains in the last week of December, was found dead at an elevation of 12,000 feet, officials say.. Inyo County Search and Rescue ...
It is located 40 miles (64 km) east of Porterville within Inyo National Forest and Sequoia National Forest. It is 303,511 acres (1,228.3 km 2 ) [ 1 ] in size and was created by the US Congress in 1978 as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System .