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. 146 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Madera County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35733068, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,238 m
How to reach it
146 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 25 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 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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