Center Peak
Center Peak rises to 3,880 m in California. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the south-southeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Bradley, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Center Peak is a 12,760-foot-elevation (3,890-meter) mountain summit located one mile west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the northeast corner of Tulare County in northern California. It is situated in eastern Kings Canyon National Park, 11 miles (18 km) southwest of the community of Independence, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south of University Peak, and two miles north of Forester Pass. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises 2,230 feet (680 meters) above Bubbs Creek in one mile. The John Muir Trail which traverses below the west slope of this remote peak provides an approach.
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Wikidata Q35733479, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,880 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Bradley: 1.4 mi
- University Peak: 1.8 mi
- Mount Keith: 1.8 mi
- Junction Peak: 2.1 mi
- Mount Stanford: 2.2 mi
- Tub Springs: 6.4 mi
- Boron Springs: 6.8 mi
- McGann Springs: 9.9 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 11.9 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 11.9 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 14.1 mi
- Boot Arch: 14.1 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 14.2 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 14.4 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 14.8 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 3.1 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 9.2 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 10.1 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 10.4 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 11.1 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 8.5 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 8.5 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 11.1 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
- Mist Falls: 12.1 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 11.2 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 15.5 mi
- Muro Blanco: 15.7 mi
- Valhalla: 16.2 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 16.7 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 11.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 11.3 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 11.3 mi
- Arai Pond: 11.4 mi
- Kado's Garden: 11.4 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 14.1 mi
- Lathe Arch: 15.1 mi
- Mobius Arch: 15.1 mi
- Heart Arch: 15.2 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 16.4 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 10.4 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 10.5 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 11.9 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 18.4 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 18.7 mi
- Independence Park: 10.6 mi
- Dehy Park: 10.6 mi
- Merritt Park: 11.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 18.2 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 20.3 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Kearsarge: 6.4 mi
- San Carlos: 14.3 mi
- Bend City: 14.5 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 10.8 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- Paiute Mural: 11.4 mi
- Miss Alabama: 17.0 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Center Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | SSE 148° | 4,383 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | SSE 163° | 4,275 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Barnard | SSE 161° | 4,266 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Stanford | SW 236° | 4,260 m | 2.2 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | SW 233° | 4,254 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Keith | SE 145° | 4,249 m | 1.8 mi |
| Trojan Peak | SSE 154° | 4,245 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Morgenson | SSE 159° | 4,244 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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, 10 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 258172 — Center Peak, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797222
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