Acrodectes Peak
Acrodectes Peak rises to 4,005 m in California. Split Mountain stands 4,269 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Baxter, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Acrodectes Peak is a mountain peak of the Sierra Nevada, located within Kings Canyon National Park in southern Fresno County, California. The summit is 13,187 feet (4020 m) in elevation. The peak was named after Acrodectes philopagus, a rare katydid species found in the region.
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Wikidata Q4675751, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4005 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Baxter: 0.7 mi
- Indian Rock: 2.0 mi
- Diamond Peak: 2.5 mi
- Mount Cedric Wright: 3.1 mi
- Mount Mary Austin: 3.2 mi
- McGann Springs: 4.5 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 5.1 mi
- Tub Springs: 5.9 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 5.9 mi
- Scotty Spring: 5.9 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 3.3 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 7.3 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 7.6 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 10.3 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 10.4 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 5.4 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 5.5 mi
- Mist Falls: 10.2 mi
- Triple Falls: 13.2 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 14.7 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 20.2 mi
- Boot Arch: 20.7 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 20.8 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 20.8 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 21.2 mi
- Muro Blanco: 8.8 mi
- Windy Cliff: 14.5 mi
- Great Cliffs: 16.3 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 17.4 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 20.2 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 15.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 15.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 15.1 mi
- Arai Pond: 15.1 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 15.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 21.6 mi
- Mobius Arch: 22.0 mi
- Lathe Arch: 22.0 mi
- Heart Arch: 22.0 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 23.2 mi
- Dehy Park: 10.3 mi
- Independence Park: 10.8 mi
- Merritt Park: 15.0 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 21.8 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 22.1 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 10.3 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 10.4 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 15.6 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 24.6 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 25.0 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 4.5 mi
- Bend City: 13.8 mi
- San Carlos: 14.3 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 8.2 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 9.6 mi
- Paiute Mural: 15.1 mi
- Miss Alabama: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Acrodectes Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split Mountain | NNW 347° | 4,269 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Stanford | S 186° | 4,260.2 m | 10.9 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | S 186° | 4,254.4 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Keith | S 171° | 4,249 m | 11.2 mi |
| University Peak | S 175° | 4,138 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | NNW 344° | 4,113.6 m | 6.2 mi |
| Cardinal Mountain | NNW 348° | 4,076 m | 9.8 mi |
| Black Mountain | S 183° | 4,045 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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 | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 10 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 256109 — Acrodectes Peak, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796582
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