Crystal Cave
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Crystal Cave is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,385 m. Big Bird Peak stands 3,536 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Colony Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away.
The story
Crystal Cave is a marble karst cave within Sequoia National Park, in the western Sierra Nevada of California. It is one of at least 240 known caves in Sequoia National Park but the only one accessible to the public. Crystal Cave is in the Giant Forest area, between the Ash Mountain entrance of the park and the Giant Forest museum. The cave is a constant 48 °F (9 °C). It is accessible by Sequoia Park Conservancy guided tours only. Tickets are not sold on-site, but must be bought on SequoiaParksConservancy.org.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q5191154, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Access
- Customers only
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Colony Peak: 1.9 mi
- Little Baldy: 2.1 mi
- Yucca Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Sunset Rock: 3.0 mi
- Bear Hill: 3.7 mi
- Hidden Spring: 2.1 mi
- Slide Spring: 3.7 mi
- Wall Spring: 3.8 mi
- Granite Spring: 4.1 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 4.6 mi
- Sentinel Tree: 3.4 mi
- Booker T. Washington Tree: 3.9 mi
- Colonel Young Tree: 3.9 mi
- Auto Log: 4.0 mi
- Hanging Rock: 4.1 mi
- Marble Falls: 3.1 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 7.5 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
- Upper Buck Creek Falls: 11.1 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 2.7 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 4.4 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 11.2 mi
- Alles Cabin: 12.0 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 13.1 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 8.1 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 13.3 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 13.7 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 15.2 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 15.5 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 5.6 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 3.4 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 10.6 mi
- Valhalla: 13.3 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 15.2 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 13.8 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 14.4 mi
- Jumping Rock: 14.5 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 19.2 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Crystal Cave. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bird Peak | E 83° | 3,536 m | 12.4 mi |
| Winter Alta | E 86° | 3,453 m | 9.6 mi |
| Alta Peak | E 89° | 3,437 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Silliman | ENE 62° | 3,397 m | 8.1 mi |
| Tharps Rock | E 92° | 3,261 m | 8.7 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NE 51° | 3,194 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mitchell Peak | NNE 32° | 3,164 m | 11.6 mi |
| Kettle Peak | NE 41° | 3,058 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 5 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/696792182
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