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Cahoon Mountain

Cahoon Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Cahoon Mountain rises to 1,269 m in California. Florence Peak stands 3,789 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Horn Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35732440, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1269 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.37272, -118.82232

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 35
Springs: 34
Attractions: 23
Waterfalls: 13
Historic sites: 10
Picnic sites: 6
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
  • Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Sunset Point Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Museums: 3
  • Three Rivers Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Giant Forest Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Porterville Historical Museum: 23.6 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 11.2 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 12.1 mi
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Arch: 24.8 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 15.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • World's Largest Olive: 19.6 mi
Hot springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Cahoon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Florence PeakE 81°3,788.7 m15.3 mi
Vandever MountainE 82°3,636 m13.5 mi
Falcon PeakE 84°3,583.8 m13.3 mi
Mineral PeakENE 70°3,540 m15.2 mi
Tulare PeakE 79°3,536.5 m14.6 mi
Empire MountainENE 64°3,522 m15.1 mi
Eagle CrestENE 77°3,411 m12.6 mi
Hengst PeakENE 77°3,392 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3319:07
June solstice05:3919:3920:17
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice07:0416:0416:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475054586675818075645347
Precip in4.83.64.12.41.00.30.10.00.20.91.73.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Three Rivers Edison PH 1, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358801001

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