Giant Forest Museum
Giant Forest Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,968 m. Copper Mine Peak stands 3,763 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sentinel Tree, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Giant Forest Museum is a museum, dedicated to the main features of the Giant Forest area of Sequoia National Park, including its giant sequoias, meadows, and also the human history of the area.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2001.
Wikidata Q64174074, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Hill: 0.3 mi
- Sunset Rock: 0.8 mi
- Moro Rock: 1.5 mi
- Bobcat Point: 1.5 mi
- Switchback Peak: 2.1 mi
- Wall Spring: 0.8 mi
- Slide Spring: 1.2 mi
- Granite Spring: 1.4 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 1.8 mi
- Hidden Spring: 5.5 mi
- Sentinel Tree: 0.0 mi
- Booker T. Washington Tree: 0.6 mi
- Colonel Young Tree: 0.6 mi
- Auto Log: 0.7 mi
- Black Arch Tree: 1.0 mi
- Marble Falls: 1.3 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 5.4 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Upper Buck Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 1.0 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 2.3 mi
- Alles Cabin: 8.8 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 10.8 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 12.2 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 11.2 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 13.4 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 14.0 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 15.7 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 15.7 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 17.0 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 24.5 mi
- Valhalla: 10.3 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 17.1 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 17.0 mi
- Jumping Rock: 17.2 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 10.7 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 20.6 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Giant Forest Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Mine Peak | E 79° | 3,762.76 m | 12.4 mi |
| Lippincott Mountain | ESE 104° | 3,731 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Eisen | ESE 112° | 3,714 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Stewart | E 88° | 3,708 m | 12.1 mi |
| Eagle Scout Peak | E 96° | 3,658 m | 11.8 mi |
| Horn Peak | ENE 76° | 3,584 m | 10.8 mi |
| Big Bird Peak | ENE 71° | 3,536 m | 9.9 mi |
| Winter Alta | ENE 71° | 3,453 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 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, 4 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/229138120
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