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Mountain · United States · Sierra Nevada

The Needles

Elevation
2,500 m
#6,368
in the world
#1,850
in United States
454 m
prominence

The Needles is a mountain in United States, rising to 2,500 m, the 1,850th highest in United States, part of the Sierra Nevada.

Elevation
2,500 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
454 m
Height above its key col
World rank
#6,368
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

The Needles

The Needles lies in United States, in California.

Key facts

Elevation
2,500 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
454 m
Type
Mountain
Region
California
Coordinates
36.109, -118.485

How it ranks

Among peaks in United States
#1,850of 3,727
LargestSmallest
In the Sierra Nevada
#157of 171
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#6,368of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Sentinel Peak1,865 m11 km
Sirretta Peak3,003 m25 km
Kern Peak3,488 m28 km
Vandever Mountain3,636 m33 km
Mount Florence3,789 m34 km
Olancha Peak3,634 m37 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to The Needles.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
PortervilleUnited States56,05848 km
VisaliaUnited States130,10477 km
TulareUnited States62,31578 km
DelanoUnited States52,73379 km
OildaleUnited States32,68491 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.