Teakettle Experiment Area
Teakettle Experiment Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,193 m. Blackcap Mountain stands 3,519 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Patterson Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2193 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Patterson Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Sugarpine Hill: 3.0 mi
- Hall Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Dome of the Immaculate Conception: 6.5 mi
- Hoffman Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Lousy Spring: 4.7 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 4.8 mi
- Sycamore Springs: 7.2 mi
- Clover Meadow Spring: 11.0 mi
- Delilah Spring: 11.5 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
- Garlic Falls: 8.5 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 14.2 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 16.0 mi
- Ella Falls: 16.3 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 5.7 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 9.2 mi
- Dinkey Fisherman Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
- Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 8.5 mi
- Zephyr Headquarters: 8.5 mi
- Chicago Stump: 12.2 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 15.3 mi
- Centennial Stump: 15.3 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 8.7 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 14.6 mi
- Fishing Club: 16.8 mi
- Shaver Lake Community Park: 18.2 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 20.4 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 3.9 mi
- Grand Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 20.1 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Qualls Camp: 15.2 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 15.9 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 21.3 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 24.3 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 24.7 mi
- Jumping Rock: 14.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 14.3 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 18.7 mi
- Bookie Bear: 19.5 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Teakettle Experiment Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackcap Mountain | ENE 61° | 3,519 m | 15.4 mi |
| Castle Peak | E 80° | 3,249 m | 9.7 mi |
| Scepter | ENE 64° | 3,238 m | 11.9 mi |
| Three Sisters | N 354° | 3,215 m | 12.3 mi |
| Brown Peak | N 354° | 3,145 m | 11.2 mi |
| Dogtooth Peak | N 359° | 3,126 m | 13.1 mi |
| Eagle Peak | N 8° | 3,125 m | 8.7 mi |
| Nelson Mountain | N 356° | 3,120 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:41 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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 | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 5 mi away.
- Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily19 obs
- Snowplant9 obs
- woodland pinedrops8 obs
- sugar pine7 obs
- pink-flowered stickseed7 obs
- velvety stickseed7 obs
- white bog orchid7 obs
- sparse-flowered bog orchid6 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/358816321
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