Sherwin Summit
{{Short description|Mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada of California}}
{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Sherwin Summit
| photo = Swall underhill near.jpg
| photo_caption =
| elevation_ft = 6,427
| traversed = {{jct|state=CA|US|395}}
| location = Mono County, California, US
| range = Sierra Nevada
| map = USA California
| map_caption = Location in California
| map_size = 200
| label =
| label_position =
| coords = {{coord|37.514376|N|118.627901|W|type:pass_region:US-CA_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=1659642 |name=Sherwin Summit |accessdate=2008-12-07}}
| topo = USGS Toms Place
}}
File:Sherwin Summit Plaque.jpgSherwin Summit (el. 6,427 feet, 1,959 m) is a mountain pass on U.S. Highway 395.{{Cite web |title=Sherwin Summit, USGS Toms Place (CA) Topo Map |accessdate=2008-06-30 |work=USGS Quad maps |publisher=TopoQuest.com |url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=37.51438&lon=-118.6279&datum=nad83&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=50}}
It is located east of Tom's Place and Crowley Lake in the eastern part of the Sierra Nevada range. South of the summit, the road starts on its long 2,400 foot (610 m) descent into the {{Convert|4000|ft|m|-2|abbr=on}} high Owens Valley.Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates. The Owens River generally follows the road from this summit through the Owens Valley.California State Map, 2007. Motorists who come from the south usually cross this summit in order to go to the high-altitude towns like Mammoth Lakes to the northwest to escape the smothering summer heat in the deserts. The pass receives snowfall during the winter, although the region receives relatively little precipitation annually.{{cite web |title=Subsection 341Dh - Crowley Flowlands |publisher=U.S. Forest Service |url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/341dh.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813040005/http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/341dh.htm |archivedate=2007-08-13 |accessdate=2014-02-22}}
The 1946 film My Pal Trigger was filmed here.Schneider, Jerry L. (2016). Western Filming Locations California Book 6. CP Entertainment Books. Page 159. {{ISBN|9780692722947}}.