Great Cliffs
Great Cliffs is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 3,495 m. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Woodworth, a peak 1.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3495 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Woodworth: 1.3 mi
- Rambaud Peak: 1.7 mi
- Wheel Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Windy Peak: 3.0 mi
- The Citadel: 3.6 mi
- Grouse Spring: 12.0 mi
- Cold Springs: 15.0 mi
- Scotty Spring: 16.1 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 16.5 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 18.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 3.1 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 10.1 mi
- Second Falls: 11.4 mi
- First Falls: 11.5 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 12.5 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 8.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 8.7 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 13.3 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 14.2 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 16.7 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 20.0 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 20.3 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 20.7 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 21.6 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 24.4 mi
- Windy Cliff: 2.0 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 7.0 mi
- Muro Blanco: 8.4 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 18.7 mi
- Rock Monster: 6.9 mi
- John Muir Rock: 18.7 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 23.8 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 22.9 mi
- Jumping Rock: 23.1 mi
- Kearsarge: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Great Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | NE 40° | 4,343 m | 7.2 mi |
| Starlight Peak | NE 40° | 4,323.7 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Sill | NE 43° | 4,316 m | 7.7 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | NE 41° | 4,298.2 m | 7.2 mi |
| Middle Palisade | ENE 61° | 4,278.2 m | 8.1 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | NE 38° | 4,268 m | 7.3 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | ENE 63° | 4,258.6 m | 8.1 mi |
| Barrett Peak | NE 44° | 4,258 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 27 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/916037741
Take the scenic way to Great Cliffs.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.