Blue Canyon Peak
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
- 3,615 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Finger Peak: 1.2 mi
- Black Crown: 1.2 mi
- Tunemah Peak: 2.6 mi
- Mount Hansen: 3.3 mi
- Scylla: 3.7 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 7.0 mi
- Triple Falls: 9.0 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 9.0 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 12.4 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
- 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
- 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
- Cold Springs: 9.5 mi
- Grouse Spring: 16.3 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 19.2 mi
- Lousy Spring: 20.6 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 21.1 mi
- Great Cliffs: 6.2 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 6.8 mi
- Windy Cliff: 8.1 mi
- Muro Blanco: 13.2 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 16.3 mi
- Rock Monster: 7.7 mi
- John Muir Rock: 14.5 mi
- Chicago Stump: 22.1 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 24.2 mi
- General Grant Tree: 24.2 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 14.6 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 18.6 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 22.5 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 19.7 mi
- Jumping Rock: 19.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Darwin | NNE 12° | 4,216 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Goddard | N 354° | 4,126 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Fiske | NNE 17° | 4,116 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Thompson | NNE 34° | 4,115 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Haeckel | NNE 17° | 4,087 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Wallace | NNE 19° | 4,079 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Powell | NNE 29° | 4,073 m | 8.7 mi |
| Point Powell | NNE 31° | 4,072 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:02 | 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 | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796966
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