Hikers on the summit of Mt. Whitney in the High Sierras

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ount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of 14,505 feet ( m).[5] It is on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, miles ( km) west-northwest of the lowest point in North America at Badwater in Death Valley National Park at 279 ft (85 m) below sea level. The west slope of the mountain is in Sequoia National Park and the summit is the southern terminus of the John Muir Trail which runs mi ( km) from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley.[9] The east slope is in the Inyo National Forest in Inyo County.

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Location: Mount Whitney, High Sierra Mountains, California, USA
Photo credit: © Tami Sojka / Alamy / Afripics
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