Castle Peak
Castle Peak rises to 1,238 m in California. Kaiser Peak stands 3,142 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Exact Center of California, a historic site 1.4 miles away.
The story
mountain in Madera County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q35733068, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1238 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cascadel Point: 2.0 mi
- Lion Point: 2.8 mi
- Mormon Hill: 3.4 mi
- Source Point: 4.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 5.2 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
- San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area: 8.8 mi
- Shaver Lake Community Park: 8.9 mi
- San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area: 9.9 mi
- Fishing Club: 10.3 mi
- Arnold Spring: 7.3 mi
- Cole Spring: 16.5 mi
- Daulton Spring: 19.3 mi
- Vichy Spring: 19.4 mi
- Pecan Spring: 20.8 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 9.8 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 9.9 mi
- Eagle Point Day Use Area: 9.9 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 10.3 mi
- Mile High Vista Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Stevenson Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Whisky Falls: 7.1 mi
- Angel Falls: 12.7 mi
- Line Creek Falls: 14.0 mi
- Camino Falls: 16.3 mi
- Exact Center of California: 1.4 mi
- Whites Cabin: 6.7 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Academy: 21.1 mi
- Qualls Camp: 22.0 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 4.5 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 8.4 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 14.7 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 14.8 mi
- Millerton Courthouse Museum: 19.2 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 12.5 mi
- Table Mountain Casino: 17.9 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 18.6 mi
- Big Ed: 18.6 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 21.6 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 4.9 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 6.1 mi
- Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 12.6 mi
- San Joaquin Experimental Range: 17.2 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 18.7 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 6.4 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 9.3 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 9.8 mi
- Grand Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 15.1 mi
- Arch Rock: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Castle Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Peak | ENE 62° | 3,142 m | 16.0 mi |
| College Rock | ENE 68° | 2,760.36 m | 15.9 mi |
| Jump Off Point | ENE 60° | 2,605 m | 11.3 mi |
| Chinese Peak | E 81° | 2,599 m | 16.0 mi |
| Little Shuteye Peak | N 354° | 2,546 m | 14.6 mi |
| Shuteye Peak | N 4° | 2,536 m | 11.4 mi |
| Black Point | ENE 70° | 2,465 m | 10.7 mi |
| Tamarack Mountain | E 92° | 2,414 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK RS, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 258062 — Castle Peak, Madera County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797186
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