Castle Peak
Castle Peak rises to 3,249 m in California. Mount Goddard stands 4,126 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Volcanic Cone, a peak 1.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Fresno County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35733062, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,249 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Volcanic Cone: 1.8 mi
- Crown Rock: 2.3 mi
- Finger Rock: 2.6 mi
- Hoffman Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Scepter: 3.8 mi
- Cold Springs: 9.3 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 10.5 mi
- Lousy Spring: 11.8 mi
- Sycamore Springs: 16.8 mi
- Clover Meadow Spring: 18.5 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 6.6 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 7.3 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
- Garlic Falls: 10.0 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 14.3 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 9.7 mi
- Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 13.8 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Chicago Stump: 14.9 mi
- John Muir Rock: 16.0 mi
- Rock Monster: 16.1 mi
- Zephyr Headquarters: 17.3 mi
- Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 17.3 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 6.3 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 15.6 mi
- Qualls Camp: 16.8 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 19.5 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 22.1 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 11.0 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 12.6 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 13.0 mi
- Great Cliffs: 14.7 mi
- Windy Cliff: 16.5 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 8.4 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 9.7 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 20.6 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 24.3 mi
- Fishing Club: 24.5 mi
- Jumping Rock: 13.9 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 13.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Castle Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Goddard | NE 45° | 4,126 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Hansen | ENE 58° | 3,955 m | 11.2 mi |
| Scylla | NE 56° | 3,940 m | 11.5 mi |
| The Three Sirens | ENE 57° | 3,854 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Reinstein | NE 47° | 3,842 m | 9.4 mi |
| Finger Peak | ENE 68° | 3,780 m | 7.9 mi |
| Black Crown | ENE 76° | 3,650 m | 9.8 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 17° | 3,645 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 220689 — Castle Peak, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358763192
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