Cliff · California
Windy Cliffs
Windy Cliffs is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,426 m. Kennedy Mountain stands 3,474 m to the east-northeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Wren Peak, a peak 2.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1426 m
How to reach it
Coordinates36.80883, -118.81816
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Wren Peak: 2.5 mi
- Yucca Point: 3.5 mi
- Eagle Peaks: 4.1 mi
- Tower No. 7: 4.5 mi
- Tower No. 8: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 31
- Chicago Stump: 9.1 mi
- General Grant Tree: 9.4 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 9.5 mi
- Centennial Stump: 9.5 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 9.9 mi
Springs: 30
- Big Springs: 11.8 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 12.4 mi
- Trough Spring: 13.4 mi
- Lousy Spring: 13.9 mi
- Hidden Spring: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 18
- Grizzly Falls: 4.1 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 7.4 mi
- Garlic Falls: 8.2 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 9.3 mi
- Viola Falls: 10.2 mi
Historic sites: 11
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 8.6 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 10.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 12.3 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 13.0 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Slide Bluffs: 11.7 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 16.6 mi
- Muro Blanco: 17.8 mi
- Great Cliffs: 18.7 mi
- Windy Cliff: 19.4 mi
Parks: 3
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 9.4 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 16.2 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 20.2 mi
Beaches: 2
- Sandy Cove Beach: 4.8 mi
- Jumping Rock: 5.2 mi
Museums: 1
- Giant Forest Museum: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 1
- Bookie Bear: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Windy Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Mountain | ENE 60° | 3,474 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Silliman | SSE 150° | 3,397 m | 13.2 mi |
| Hogback Peak | NE 52° | 3,376 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Harrington | NE 48° | 3,360 m | 6.3 mi |
| Slide Peak | NE 48° | 3,327 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Hutchings | E 82° | 3,285 m | 12.1 mi |
| Castle Peak | NNW 349° | 3,249 m | 12.6 mi |
| Tenderfoot Peak | NE 39° | 3,234.7 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant Grove, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358779102
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