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San Joaquin Experimental Range

San Joaquin Experimental Range from directly overhead

San Joaquin Experimental Range is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 367 m. Peckinpah Mountain stands 1,827 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackhawk Mountain, a peak 2.9 miles away.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.10977, -119.74044

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Yosemite Lakes Park Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
  • Yosemite Lakes Park Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
  • Hensley Lake: 7.3 mi
  • Hidden Lake Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
  • Savage Monument Buck Ridge Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 23
Historic sites: 22
  • Exact Center of California: 16.5 mi
  • Railroad Park Monument: 18.3 mi
  • Cottonwood Park Arch: 18.4 mi
  • Cottonwood Park Observation Point: 18.5 mi
  • Pinedale Assembly Center Memorial: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 11
Museums: 10
Springs: 9
  • Vichy Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Daulton Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Pecan Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Rogers Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Arnold Spring: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Nature reserves: 5
  • Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 9.2 mi
  • Parkway Trust / Caglia: 15.7 mi
  • Whisky Snowmobile Area: 21.0 mi
  • Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 22.2 mi
  • Nelder Grove Historical Area: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Artworks: 2
  • Oakhurst Mural: 16.0 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Statue: 20.0 mi
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of San Joaquin Experimental Range. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peckinpah MountainNE 53°1,827 m18.9 mi
Mormon HillENE 64°1,810 m19.2 mi
Goat MountainNE 37°1,514 m16.0 mi
Bald MountainE 100°1,466 m19.0 mi
Thornberry MountainNNE 34°1,429 m13.9 mi
Deadwood PeakNNE 12°1,373 m14.4 mi
Cascadel PointENE 66°1,360 m17.5 mi
Castle PeakENE 72°1,238 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3719:11
June solstice05:4019:4420:23
September equinox06:4818:2318:57
December solstice07:1016:0616:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475154586674807974655446
Precip in3.12.52.51.40.50.20.00.00.10.81.22.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Friant Government Camp, 8 mi away.

  • gray pine33 obs
  • blue oak28 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog26 obs
  • caterpillar scorpionweed26 obs
  • Western Toad23 obs
  • Menzies' baby blue eyes22 obs
  • interior live oak21 obs
  • Gilbert's Skink20 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/44367066

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