Burnt Point
Burnt Point rises to 1,132 m in California. Mount Silliman stands 3,397 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Yucca Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35730748, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,132 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Yucca Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Pattee Rocks: 2.5 mi
- Shadequarter Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Eshom Point: 3.8 mi
- Colony Peak: 5.1 mi
- Hidden Spring: 3.1 mi
- Big Springs: 4.8 mi
- Cold Sulfer Spring: 5.5 mi
- Warm Sulfur Spring: 5.7 mi
- Slide Spring: 7.5 mi
- Crystal Cave: 4.7 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 7.1 mi
- Sentinel Tree: 7.8 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 7.8 mi
- Booker T. Washington Tree: 8.0 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 7.4 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 11.6 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 11.9 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 12.8 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 13.5 mi
- Marble Falls: 6.9 mi
- Viola Falls: 10.9 mi
- Ella Falls: 11.0 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 12.2 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 5.9 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 8.6 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 15.2 mi
- Alles Cabin: 15.5 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 16.6 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 8.9 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 7.8 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 9.3 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 14.2 mi
- Jumping Rock: 14.2 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Valhalla: 18.0 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 15.5 mi
- Bookie Bear: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Burnt Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Silliman | ENE 71° | 3,397 m | 12.6 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ENE 63° | 3,194 m | 12.5 mi |
| Kettle Peak | ENE 58° | 3,058 m | 11.7 mi |
| Santa Cruz Dome | ENE 76° | 2,923 m | 11.9 mi |
| Shell Mountain | NE 39° | 2,920 m | 10.0 mi |
| Lower Tokopah Dome | ENE 76° | 2,891 m | 12.1 mi |
| Ball Dome | ENE 59° | 2,866 m | 13.4 mi |
| Ampitheater Dome | ESE 117° | 2,768 m | 13.0 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: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 220230 — Burnt Point, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358762775
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