Black Kaweah
Black Kaweah rises to 4,140 m in California. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the east-southeast, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pyramidal Pinnacle, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
Black Kaweah is a mountain of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge of the California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park. The peak has a local magnetic disturbance that has caused compasses in the vicinity to vary by up to eight degrees. Fulgurites can be found on the peak.
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Wikidata Q4921100, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,140 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pyramidal Pinnacle: 0.4 mi
- Koontz Pinnacle: 0.4 mi
- Red Kaweah: 0.7 mi
- Kaweah Queen: 0.8 mi
- Michael's Pinnacle: 0.8 mi
- Tharp's Log: 12.6 mi
- Cleveland Tree: 12.9 mi
- Chimney Tree: 12.9 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 13.1 mi
- Congress Group: 13.2 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 2.0 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 7.5 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 9.5 mi
- Alles Cabin: 10.3 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 13.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.5 mi
- Soda Spring: 8.7 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 13.0 mi
- Wall Spring: 14.3 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 14.3 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 3.7 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 4.1 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 4.5 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 5.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 15.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 15.1 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 20.4 mi
- Lathe Arch: 22.1 mi
- Mobius Arch: 22.2 mi
- Valhalla: 4.3 mi
- Window Cliffs: 13.1 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 14.9 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 22.1 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 22.4 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 23.3 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 23.4 mi
- Kado's Garden: 23.5 mi
- Japanese Garden: 23.5 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 23.6 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 14.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 14.3 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 22.4 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 24.0 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 24.7 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 24.8 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 23.5 mi
- Merritt Park: 23.5 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 24.5 mi
- Independence Park: 24.8 mi
- Dehy Park: 25.0 mi
- Miss Alabama: 23.4 mi
- Paiute Mural: 23.6 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 7.7 mi
- Kearsarge: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Black Kaweah. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kaweah | ESE 123° | 4,205 m | 2.5 mi |
| Red Kaweah | ESE 124° | 4,185 m | 0.7 mi |
| Michael's Pinnacle | SE 126° | 4,170 m | 0.8 mi |
| Second Kaweah | ESE 124° | 4,166 m | 1.5 mi |
| Table Mountain | NNE 16° | 4,151 m | 8.3 mi |
| Milestone Mountain | NNE 16° | 4,149 m | 6.4 mi |
| Koontz Pinnacle | E 84° | 4,145 m | 0.4 mi |
| Midway Mountain | NNE 15° | 4,140 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 13 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 254626 — Black Kaweah, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795997
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