Mount Whitney 3D Terrain Relief
- Mountain range
- Sierra Nevada
- Location
- California, United States
- Elevation
- 14,505 ft · 4,421 m
A precision 3D-printed relief model of Mount Whitney, the highest summit in the contiguous United States.
$110
- Made to order in the USA
- Shipping calculated at checkout
- Wrong or damaged? Free replacement
- Makes a thoughtful gift
Allow 3 to 7 business days for production before shipping.
Looking for a different peak? Request a custom one.
Size comparison
All three sizes drawn to scale next to each other. Actual base footprint may run a little larger than the printed relief itself.
Specifications
- Range
- Sierra Nevada
- Location
- California, United States
- Elevation
- 14,505 ft · 4,421 m
- Model size
- 15 × 15 cm
- Finish
- Multicolor
- Material
- Matte PLA, a plant-based plastic
- Base
- Solid wood
- Source data
- USGS 3DEP lidar, typically 1–3 m
- Vertical scale
- Exaggerated slightly so the terrain reads clearly at model size
- Production
- Printed to order in the USA, 3–7 business days
How it is made
Every model starts as real elevation data. We take publicly available digital elevation models of the mountain, process the terrain in GIS software, and build the geometry from the actual topography. Every switchback, chute, and false summit sits where it does in the real world, not where an artist decided it should go.
Whitney is the high point of the contiguous United States, and the relief shows why its two sides feel like different mountains: an abrupt granite wall on the east, and a long gradual climb out of the Sierra on the west.
The relief is printed in matte PLA and finished by hand, then mounted to a wood base. Choose a single-color finish for a clean, sculptural look, or a multi-color finish colored from real satellite imagery, true to what the mountain actually looks like.
Made to order. Please allow 3 to 7 business days for production before shipping.
