Arrow Peak
Arrow Peak rises to 3,951 m in California. Middle Palisade stands 4,278 m to the north, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Muro Blanco, a cliff 2.2 miles away.
The story
Arrow Peak is a 12,962-foot (3,951 m) summit of the Sierra Nevada in Fresno County, California, located within Kings Canyon National Park. Arrow Peak is situated at the north end of the Muro Blanco (also known as Arrow Ridge), a chain of high cliffs along the South Fork Kings River.
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Wikidata Q35724434, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3951 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pyramid Peak: 2.2 mi
- Marion Peak: 2.6 mi
- Mount Ickes: 2.9 mi
- State Peak: 3.0 mi
- Dougherty Peak: 3.1 mi
- Scotty Spring: 9.2 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 11.3 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 11.7 mi
- McGann Springs: 12.0 mi
- Tub Springs: 13.8 mi
- Triple Falls: 5.3 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 7.8 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 7.8 mi
- Mist Falls: 8.6 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 12.5 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 4.9 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 6.9 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 7.1 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 10.5 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 11.4 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 22.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 23.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 23.0 mi
- Arai Pond: 23.0 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 23.2 mi
- Muro Blanco: 2.2 mi
- Windy Cliff: 6.7 mi
- Great Cliffs: 8.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 10.2 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 19.9 mi
- Dehy Park: 18.0 mi
- Independence Park: 18.6 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 19.9 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 20.2 mi
- Merritt Park: 23.0 mi
- Kearsarge: 12.3 mi
- Bend City: 21.3 mi
- San Carlos: 21.9 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 18.1 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 18.2 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 23.5 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 15.8 mi
- Rock Monster: 14.6 mi
- Paiute Mural: 23.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Arrow Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Palisade | N 7° | 4,278.2 m | 9.9 mi |
| Split Mountain | NNE 31° | 4,269 m | 7.4 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | N 8° | 4,258.6 m | 9.7 mi |
| Norman Clyde Peak | N 5° | 4,245.2 m | 10.1 mi |
| Balcony Peak | N 8° | 4,237.2 m | 9.7 mi |
| Birch Mountain | NNE 23° | 4,134 m | 10.1 mi |
| Palisade Crest | N 0° | 4,131 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mount Bolton Brown | NNE 19° | 4,124.3 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
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, 18 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 256328 — Arrow Peak, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796648
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