Candlelight Peak
Candlelight Peak rises to 3,681 m in California. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the west, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitney Portal Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.0 miles away.
The story
mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California
Wikidata Q119893145, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3681 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Thor Peak: 1.2 mi
- Lone Pine Peak: 1.2 mi
- Mount Irvine: 1.5 mi
- Mount Mallory: 1.8 mi
- Wotan's Throne: 2.0 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 2.3 mi
- Indian Spring: 9.0 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 11.2 mi
- Boron Springs: 15.0 mi
- French Spring: 15.5 mi
- Donald D. Brooks: 3.8 mi
- Cousin Jack: 9.6 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 9.9 mi
- Walt's Point: 9.9 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 10.9 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 6.8 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 6.9 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 7.0 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 7.1 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 7.3 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 11.1 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 11.8 mi
- Volcano Falls: 17.2 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 17.7 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 11.5 mi
- Kado's Garden: 11.7 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 11.8 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 11.8 mi
- Barracks Garden: 11.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 5.4 mi
- Palette Arch: 7.1 mi
- Lathe Arch: 7.2 mi
- Mobius Arch: 7.2 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 7.3 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 1.1 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 7.0 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 7.2 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 7.3 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 7.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 10.3 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 10.5 mi
- Merritt Park: 11.9 mi
- Independence Park: 15.9 mi
- Dehy Park: 16.4 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 10.3 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 10.3 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 12.0 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 16.1 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 16.1 mi
- Kearsarge: 17.1 mi
- San Carlos: 17.4 mi
- Bend City: 18.3 mi
- Swansea: 19.2 mi
- Keeler: 21.4 mi
- Miss Alabama: 8.3 mi
- Paiute Mural: 11.9 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 11.0 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 23.4 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 18.3 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Candlelight Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | W 281° | 4,419.6 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Williamson | NNW 328° | 4,383 m | 6.9 mi |
| Keeler Needle | W 277° | 4,361.2 m | 2.6 mi |
| Crooks Peak | W 275° | 4,341.7 m | 2.6 mi |
| Lewis Peak | W 273° | 4,306.7 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Russell | WNW 297° | 4,296 m | 2.9 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | W 272° | 4,289 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Langley | S 175° | 4,277 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:01 | 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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/8739662843
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