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Keeler Needle, California

Prominence: 131 ft, 40 m

Elevation: 14,239+ feet, 4340+ meters

True Isolation: 0.14 mi, 0.23 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 4340 - 4360 m (20-meter closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 14,245 ft / 4342 m (Range 4342 - 4362 m)
Peak Type	Sub-Peak, subsidiary to Mount Whitney
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36° 34' 32'' N, 118° 17' 30'' W 36.575543, -118.291573 (Dec Deg) 384442 E 4048564 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Inyo Tulare
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 120 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 96) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1988-09-03 by David Olson 2001-08-12 by Bob Burd 2004-09-17 by Robbie Mize 2007-09-15 by Robbie Mize 2012-06-11 by Brendon Chapman 2012-08-24 by Marcus Sierra (Unsuccessful) 2012-09-14 by Chad Painter (GPS Track) 2013-06-28 by Marcus Sierra (Unsuccessful) 2014-06-26 by Rob Woodall 2014-07-22 by Albert Wolff (Unsuccessful) 2015-07-23 by Phil Robinson (GPS Track) 2015-08-06 by Greg Gerlach 2016-07-31 by Nathan Ayotte 2016-08-04 by Serguei Okountsev (GPS Track) 2017-09-14 by Gary Neben 2017-09-29 by Jaeson Greer 2019-10-18 by Ben Brownlee (GPS Track) 2020-07-05 by Yao-Min Chen (GPS Track) 2020-08-05 by Randy F
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Keeler Needle (2015-03-16). Photo by Serguei Okountsev.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 131 ft/40 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 261 ft/80 m
  Line Parent: Mount Whitney
  Key Col: 14,108 ft/4300 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 0.14 mi/0.23 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 36.5775, -118.2925
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Mount Whitney  (NNW)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Pacific Ranges
Range3: Sierra Nevada
Range4: Sequoia Sierra Nevada
Range5: Mount Whitney Group

Ridges/Divides

Pacific Crest
Sierra Nevada Crest

Drainage Basins

Kern
South San Joaquin Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Owens Valley
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Ownership

Land: Sequoia National Park/Inyo National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area/John Muir Wilderness Area

Topo Map

Mount Whitney O36118e3 1:24,000

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

Dynamic Map

Keeler Needle

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Other Photos

Mount Whitney from Mountaineer's Trail (2015-03-14). Photo by Weiwei Yin.
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Standing on the top of Keeler Needle (Photo Credit; Will Chen) (2020-07-05). Photo by Yao-Min Chen.
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