Centennial Peak
Centennial Peak rises to 4,026 m in California. Mount Tyndall stands 4,275 m to the east-northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Milestone Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35733448, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4026 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Milestone Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Milestone Mesa: 1.0 mi
- Midway Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Whaleback: 2.3 mi
- Table Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Tharp's Log: 14.8 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 14.8 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 14.9 mi
- Congress Group: 15.0 mi
- Chimney Tree: 15.0 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 7.8 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 7.9 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 9.6 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 9.9 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 10.7 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
- Tamarack Falls: 5.1 mi
- Upper Buck Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 11.1 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 12.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 14.0 mi
- Soda Spring: 14.5 mi
- Tub Springs: 15.9 mi
- Boron Springs: 16.4 mi
- Valhalla: 6.6 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 13.5 mi
- Window Cliffs: 17.4 mi
- Muro Blanco: 19.5 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 20.3 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 19.5 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 19.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 19.7 mi
- Kado's Garden: 19.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 19.7 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 18.6 mi
- Natural Arch: 19.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 19.6 mi
- Lathe Arch: 20.2 mi
- Mobius Arch: 20.2 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 17.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 16.3 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 19.9 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 20.0 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 20.2 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 23.7 mi
- Merritt Park: 19.7 mi
- Independence Park: 20.0 mi
- Dehy Park: 20.1 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 23.1 mi
- Spainhower Park: 23.6 mi
- Kearsarge: 15.6 mi
- San Carlos: 23.6 mi
- Bend City: 23.9 mi
- Paiute Mural: 19.7 mi
- Miss Alabama: 21.8 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 11.3 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Centennial Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tyndall | ENE 77° | 4,275 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Barnard | E 90° | 4,266 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Stanford | NE 45° | 4,260.2 m | 7.4 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | NE 45° | 4,254.4 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Keith | ENE 58° | 4,249 m | 9.5 mi |
| Junction Peak | ENE 57° | 4,224 m | 8.1 mi |
| Caltech Peak | NE 52° | 4,216.5 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Kaweah | S 175° | 4,205 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 14 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358795188
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