Buena Vista Peak
Buena Vista Peak rises to 2,321 m in California. Mount Silliman stands 3,397 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat, a park 1.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q121600166, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,321 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Redwood Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Buck Rock: 2.7 mi
- Big Baldy: 2.8 mi
- Lava Butte: 3.4 mi
- Chimney Rock: 4.3 mi
- Big Springs: 4.1 mi
- Hidden Spring: 7.8 mi
- Trough Spring: 9.1 mi
- Warm Sulfur Spring: 10.6 mi
- Cold Sulfer Spring: 10.9 mi
- Mark Twain Stump: 3.8 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 4.7 mi
- General Grant Tree: 4.8 mi
- Centennial Stump: 4.9 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 4.9 mi
- Viola Falls: 4.6 mi
- Ella Falls: 4.8 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 10.6 mi
- Garlic Falls: 10.8 mi
- Marble Falls: 12.4 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 1.5 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 19.1 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 20.5 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 20.8 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 21.6 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 11.8 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 11.9 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 12.0 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 13.3 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 20.2 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 17.8 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 19.6 mi
- Valhalla: 19.7 mi
- Muro Blanco: 24.8 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 5.3 mi
- Jumping Rock: 5.4 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 12.3 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 18.2 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 20.8 mi
- Bookie Bear: 19.7 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Buena Vista Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Silliman | ESE 113° | 3,397 m | 12.0 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ESE 107° | 3,194 m | 10.8 mi |
| Spanish Mountain | N 1° | 3,064 m | 13.7 mi |
| Kettle Peak | ESE 106° | 3,058 m | 9.4 mi |
| Eagle Peaks | NE 38° | 2,998 m | 12.1 mi |
| Obelisk | N 10° | 2,958 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Maddox | E 82° | 2,946 m | 8.4 mi |
| Santa Cruz Dome | ESE 119° | 2,923 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant Grove, 4 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 2786577 — Buena Vista Peak, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/5868912787
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