Burnt Mountain
Burnt Mountain rises to 3,233 m in California. Mount Goddard stands 4,126 m to the north, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Canyon Cabin, a historic site 1.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America, United States of America; geonames ID = 5332018.
Wikidata Q35730674, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,233 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Tunemah Peak: 2.7 mi
- Kettle Dome: 3.6 mi
- Finger Peak: 4.0 mi
- Blue Canyon Peak: 4.0 mi
- Black Crown: 4.0 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 3.0 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 5.2 mi
- Triple Falls: 9.6 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 11.7 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 14.4 mi
- Cold Springs: 11.8 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 16.7 mi
- Lousy Spring: 18.2 mi
- Grouse Spring: 19.3 mi
- Scotty Spring: 22.5 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 16.2 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 1.2 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 8.8 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 16.0 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 16.2 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 17.2 mi
- Rock Monster: 11.5 mi
- John Muir Rock: 17.7 mi
- Chicago Stump: 18.7 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 20.5 mi
- General Grant Tree: 20.5 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 4.0 mi
- Great Cliffs: 7.7 mi
- Windy Cliff: 9.3 mi
- Muro Blanco: 12.2 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 12.3 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 15.0 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 17.0 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 21.7 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 15.9 mi
- Jumping Rock: 16.1 mi
- Kearsarge: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Burnt Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Goddard | N 3° | 4,126 m | 9.1 mi |
| Black Giant | NNE 26° | 4,063 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount McDuffie | NNE 34° | 4,047 m | 8.4 mi |
| Charybdis | NNE 23° | 3,988 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Solomons | NNE 18° | 3,967 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Hansen | NNE 16° | 3,955 m | 7.3 mi |
| Scylla | NNE 16° | 3,940 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Ithaca | NNE 15° | 3,910 m | 9.8 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 | 06:44 | 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, 20 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358762772
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