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Squatters Cabin

Squatters Cabin from directly overhead

Squatters Cabin is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,072 m. Glacier Ridge stands 3,767 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Dead Giant, a attraction 0.2 miles away.

A one-room log structure, the only remnant of the Kaweah Colony, a socialist utopian group established in the Sierra Nevada in the 1880s

The story

building in California, United States

Dates from 1886.

Wikidata Q7582158, matched on coordinates and name (186 m apart).

What to expect

Step-free access
No

How to reach it

Coordinates36.55894, -118.75455

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 31
Attractions: 27
  • The Dead Giant: 0.2 mi
  • The Three Amigos: 0.3 mi
  • Chimney Tree: 0.4 mi
  • Cleveland Tree: 0.4 mi
  • Black Arch Tree: 0.5 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Historic sites: 15
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 0.5 mi
  • Old Ranger Station: 3.2 mi
  • Alles Cabin: 7.9 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 10.7 mi
  • Empire Mill Ruins: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 2.8 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Parks: 8
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 3
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 16.2 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 17.6 mi
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 24.2 mi
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Squatters Cabin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Glacier RidgeENE 69°3,767 m11.6 mi
Lion RockE 82°3,767 m11.9 mi
Copper Mine PeakENE 76°3,762.76 m11.5 mi
Lippincott MountainESE 104°3,731 m11.0 mi
Mount EisenESE 112°3,714 m11.2 mi
Mount StewartE 86°3,708 m11.1 mi
Eagle Scout PeakE 95°3,658 m10.7 mi
Horn PeakENE 72°3,584 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3819:3920:17
September equinox06:4418:1918:53
December solstice07:0416:0416:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283034384654616055453527
Precip in8.77.96.43.22.00.70.60.10.72.33.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 3 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9701718600

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