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Avalanche Peak

Avalanche Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Avalanche Peak rises to 3,065 m in California. Table Mountain stands 4,151 m to the southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Sentinel, a peak 1.2 miles away.

The story

Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.

Wikidata Q35724609, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3,065 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.76550, -118.58233

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 29
Waterfalls: 23
Historic sites: 17
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 3.0 mi
  • Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 3.5 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 6.0 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 6.1 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 7.0 mi
Springs: 17
Gardens: 9
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 23.6 mi
  • Arai Pond: 23.7 mi
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 23.7 mi
  • Kado's Garden: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
Museums: 4
Parks: 4
  • General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 18.3 mi
  • Dehy Park: 21.2 mi
  • Independence Park: 21.4 mi
  • Merritt Park: 23.6 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Paiute Mural: 23.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Avalanche Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table MountainSE4,151 m9.4 mi
Mount EricssonESE4,151 m10.4 mi
Midway MountainSSE4,140 m10.1 mi
Mount BrewerSE4,136 m6.7 mi
Thunder MountainSE4,122 m8.9 mi
Mount JordanSE4,059 m9.3 mi
North GuardESE4,058 m6.1 mi
Deerhorn MountainESE4,043 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:06
June solstice05:3619:3920:17
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0416:0216:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283034384654616055453527
Precip in8.77.96.43.22.00.70.60.10.72.33.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 14 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 254579 — Avalanche Peak, Fresno County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358795970

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