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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
3065 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.76550, -118.58233

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 29
Waterfalls: 23
Historic sites: 19
  • 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: 11
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 23.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 23.6 mi
  • Arai Pond: 23.7 mi
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall 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 MountainSE 140°4,151 m9.4 mi
Mount EricssonESE 117°4,150.7 m10.4 mi
Midway MountainSSE 147°4,140 m10.1 mi
Mount BrewerSE 126°4,136 m6.7 mi
Thunder MountainSE 138°4,122 m8.9 mi
Mount JordanSE 128°4,058.8 m9.3 mi
North GuardESE 123°4,058 m6.1 mi
Deerhorn MountainESE 111°4,043 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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