Mount Whitney
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
Attractions near Pierpoint
Mount Whitney, 36 mi from Pierpoint
Most of what there is to see is parks & monuments: 5 of 9. Pierpoint itself has none of them. Around 1.4M people visit Sequoia National Park each year. Death Valley National Park is worth a day, 57 mi from the centre.
Attractions nearby
18
within 60 miles
The big one
36 mi
Mount Whitney
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Big draws
3
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 36 mi northeast
Mount Whitney
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
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The map
Where things are
Visalia Fox Theatre, 39 mi away, is the farthest on the map.
Orange: Pierpoint. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
All of it
These 18 are within 60 miles, none in town.
2Sequoia National Park
National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains, California, U.S..
3Death Valley National Park
National park in California and Nevada in the United States.
4Manzanar National Historic Site
World War II Japanese-American internment camp in California.
5Kings Canyon National Park
National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, USA.
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8Moro Rock
Place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places.
9Mount Whitney Trail
Hiking trail to the summit of Mount Whitney in California, United States.
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14Visalia Fox Theatre
Theater and former movie theater in Visalia, California, United States.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Pierpoint → · Pierpoint’s history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Mount Whitney: Geographer (talk · contribs), CC BY 1.0 · Sequoia National Park: Alberto Carrasco Casado, CC BY 2.0 · Death Valley National Park: Greg Willis from Denver, CO, usa, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Manzanar National Historic Site: Dorothea Lange, Public domain · Kings Canyon National Park: NileGuide.com (Josh Steinitz), CC BY 2.0 · Owens Lake: Picture prepared for Wikipedia by Adrian Pingstone in November 2003., Public domain · Sequoia National Forest: US Forest Service, Public domain · Moro Rock: DiverDave, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Whitney Trail: Sanjoy Ghosh, CC BY 2.0 · Giant Sequoia National Monument: Jason Hickey, CC BY 2.0 · Dignity Health Arena: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · John Muir Wilderness: Miguel.v, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kern County Museum: (WT-de) Mistoffeles, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Visalia Fox Theatre: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern California Museum: Liambruckercasey, CC0 · Giant Forest Museum: David Fulmer, CC BY 2.0 · Bakersfield Museum of Art: Skyman9999. Skyman9999, CC0
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