Muro Blanco
Muro Blanco is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 3,000 m. Split Mountain stands 4,269 m to the northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Dougherty Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3000 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dougherty Peak: 1.6 mi
- State Peak: 2.0 mi
- Arrow Peak: 2.2 mi
- Kid Peak: 2.7 mi
- Marion Peak: 3.3 mi
- Scotty Spring: 11.1 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 12.9 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 13.1 mi
- McGann Springs: 13.2 mi
- Tub Springs: 14.4 mi
- Triple Falls: 5.5 mi
- Mist Falls: 6.8 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 7.2 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 7.2 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 10.4 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 4.8 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 5.5 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 5.9 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 9.0 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 10.0 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 23.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 23.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 23.7 mi
- Arai Pond: 23.7 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 23.9 mi
- Windy Cliff: 7.0 mi
- Great Cliffs: 8.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 8.7 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 17.8 mi
- Valhalla: 23.6 mi
- Dehy Park: 19.1 mi
- Independence Park: 19.6 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 22.0 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 22.3 mi
- Merritt Park: 23.6 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Kearsarge: 12.9 mi
- Bend City: 22.5 mi
- San Carlos: 23.1 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 19.1 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 19.2 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 24.2 mi
- Rock Monster: 15.0 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 24.2 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 16.9 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 22.6 mi
- Jumping Rock: 22.9 mi
- Paiute Mural: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Muro Blanco. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split Mountain | NE 35° | 4,269 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Bolton Brown | NNE 25° | 4,124.3 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | ENE 68° | 4,113.6 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Prater | NNE 29° | 4,107 m | 10.0 mi |
| Cardinal Mountain | NE 44° | 4,076 m | 8.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | SE 131° | 4,045 m | 10.5 mi |
| Striped Mountain | ENE 59° | 4,021.7 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Wynne | ENE 73° | 4,018.3 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 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, 19 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798905
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