Caltech Peak
Caltech Peak rises to 4,217 m in California. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the east-southeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Gregory's Monument, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Caltech Peak is a 13,832-foot-elevation (4,216-meter) mountain summit located in Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California. It is situated one mile west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, just one-half mile south of the Kings–Kern Divide, one mile south of line parent Mount Stanford, and 9.3 miles northwest of Mount Whitney. Caltech Peak ranks as the 24th-highest summit in California. Topographic relief is significant as the southwest aspect rises nearly 1,900 feet (580 meters) above Lake South America in 0.7 miles (1.1 km). The John Muir Trail traverses below the east aspect of the mountain, providing an approach option for climbers.
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Wikidata Q35732519, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,216.5 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Gregory's Monument: 0.9 mi
- Mount Stanford: 1.1 mi
- Junction Peak: 1.4 mi
- Mount Ericsson: 1.4 mi
- Deerhorn Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 14.7 mi
- Boot Arch: 14.8 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 15.1 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 15.2 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 15.4 mi
- Tub Springs: 9.1 mi
- Boron Springs: 9.5 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 10.6 mi
- McGann Springs: 12.6 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 14.6 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 4.5 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 8.8 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 10.0 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 11.2 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 12.9 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 8.4 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 8.7 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 9.7 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 9.7 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 12.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 10.5 mi
- Valhalla: 13.6 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 15.9 mi
- Muro Blanco: 16.9 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 16.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 14.3 mi
- Lathe Arch: 15.6 mi
- Mobius Arch: 15.6 mi
- Heart Arch: 15.7 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 16.8 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 13.0 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 13.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 13.1 mi
- Kado's Garden: 13.2 mi
- Arai Pond: 13.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 24.1 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 12.9 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 13.0 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 13.7 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 19.0 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 19.2 mi
- Independence Park: 13.1 mi
- Dehy Park: 13.2 mi
- Merritt Park: 13.2 mi
- Spainhower Park: 18.9 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 20.6 mi
- Kearsarge: 9.1 mi
- San Carlos: 16.7 mi
- Bend City: 17.0 mi
- Paiute Mural: 13.2 mi
- Miss Alabama: 17.4 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 13.5 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 14.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Caltech Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | ESE 117° | 4,383 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Russell | SE 141° | 4,296 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | SE 128° | 4,275 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Barnard | SE 138° | 4,266 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Stanford | NNW 345° | 4,260 m | 1.1 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | NNW 342° | 4,254 m | 0.9 mi |
| Mount Keith | ENE 73° | 4,249 m | 2.7 mi |
| Trojan Peak | SE 128° | 4,245 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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 | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 13 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 254691 — Caltech Peak, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796033
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