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Blue Canyon Peak

Blue Canyon Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Canyon Peak rises to 3,615 m in California. Mount Darwin stands 4,216 m to the north-northeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Finger Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35728291, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3615 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.02834, -118.70934

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 14
Historic sites: 10
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 4.1 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 11.1 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 18.2 mi
  • Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 18.6 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • South Lake Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • La Hupp Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Helms Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
Springs: 7
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 6
Parks: 3
Beaches: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Blue Canyon Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DarwinNNE 12°4,216 m9.8 mi
Mount GoddardN 354°4,126 m5.2 mi
Mount FiskeNNE 17°4,116 m7.8 mi
Mount ThompsonNNE 34°4,115 m9.5 mi
Mount HaeckelNNE 17°4,087 m8.9 mi
Mount WallaceNNE 19°4,079 m8.7 mi
Mount PowellNNE 29°4,073 m8.7 mi
Point PowellNNE 31°4,072 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3619:4020:19
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0516:0216:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464853586573818176665345
Precip in5.64.95.12.61.40.40.20.00.21.42.14.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 23 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358796966

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