Published summit elevation

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Claims and evidence

Published summit elevation

Feet
14505
Meters
4421
Publisher
National Park Service
Vertical datum
NAVD88
Evidence and sources (1)

No claim effective interval recorded.

Spatial scope IDs: scope-peak-mount-whitney

  1. Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details

    NPS identifies Mount Whitney as the tallest peak in the lower 48, on the Sequoia National Park–Inyo National Forest boundary. It publishes a 14,505-foot NAVD88 summit elevation, the 10.7-mile Whitney Portal approach, seasonal equipment qualification, and a roughly 60-mile west-side High Sierra Trail approach.

    Publisher
    National Park Service
    Observer / attribution
    Not recorded
    Observed at
    Unknown
    Retrieved at
    2026-09-23T01:00:00+00:00

    Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

    Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service

Recorded observations

Browse observations separately (1)

NPS identifies Mount Whitney as the tallest peak in the lower 48, on the Sequoia National Park–Inyo National Forest boundary. It publishes a 14,505-foot NAVD88 summit elevation, the 10.7-mile Whitney Portal approach, seasonal equipment qualification, and a roughly 60-mile west-side High Sierra Trail approach.

Publisher
National Park Service
Observer / attribution
Not recorded
Observed at
Unknown
Retrieved at
2026-09-23T01:00:00+00:00

Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.

Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service

Published record history

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