Kaweah Recreation Area
Kaweah Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 229 m. Cahoon Rock stands 2,798 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lemon Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 229 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lemon Hill: 0.9 mi
- Limekiln Hill: 1.2 mi
- Steve Barton Point: 2.4 mi
- Wutchumna Hill: 2.5 mi
- Tharps Peak: 3.2 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
- Willow Court Park: 6.0 mi
- Gassenberg Spring: 6.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 8.6 mi
- Indian Painting Spring: 8.7 mi
- Coon Spring: 9.2 mi
- McClure Spring: 9.4 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 12.3 mi
- Hanging Rock: 16.1 mi
- Crystal Cave: 16.2 mi
- Auto Log: 16.4 mi
- Booker T. Washington Tree: 16.4 mi
- Marble Falls: 15.4 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 21.0 mi
- Tufa Falls: 22.0 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 22.1 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 6.1 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 16.8 mi
- ImagineU Children's Museum: 17.1 mi
- Tulare County Museum: 19.6 mi
- Porterville Historical Museum: 22.5 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 14.6 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 16.7 mi
- Alles Cabin: 18.2 mi
- Treaty of 1851: 21.8 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 22.1 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 14.8 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 5.5 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 16.5 mi
- World's Largest Olive: 14.7 mi
- End of Trail Statue: 19.8 mi
- Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 24.9 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 5.9 mi
- Ralph S. Moore Rose Garden: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Kaweah Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahoon Rock | E 94° | 2,798 m | 16.6 mi |
| Homer's Nose | E 93° | 2,734 m | 14.0 mi |
| Dennison Mountain | ESE 111° | 2,645 m | 14.5 mi |
| Pine Top Mountain | ENE 72° | 2,418 m | 16.0 mi |
| Dennison Peak | ESE 118° | 2,226 m | 14.4 mi |
| Case Mountain | E 84° | 2,073 m | 10.4 mi |
| Moro Rock | NE 50° | 2,050 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bear Hill | NE 47° | 2,045 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 58 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 81 | 76 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lemon Cove, 2 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron7 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk6 obs
- Mallard6 obs
- Fiesta Flower6 obs
- Sacred Datura6 obs
- Clark's Grebe5 obs
- American White Pelican5 obs
- Brewer's Blackbird5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358816375
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