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Colony Peak

Colony Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Colony Peak rises to 1,870 m in California. Big Bird Peak stands 3,536 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Ranger Station, a historic site 0.9 miles away.

The story

mountain in Sequoia National Park, Tulare County, California

Wikidata Q35735524, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1870 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.56245, -118.82260

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 31
Attractions: 28
Waterfalls: 19
Historic sites: 11
  • Old Ranger Station: 0.9 mi
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 3.5 mi
  • Alles Cabin: 10.7 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 12.4 mi
  • Empire Mill Ruins: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 4.0 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
Parks: 8
Nature reserves: 3
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 12.9 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 14.6 mi
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 24.3 mi
Museums: 2
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 18.2 mi
Hot springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Colony Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Bird PeakENE 74°3,536 m12.6 mi
Winter AltaENE 75°3,453 m9.7 mi
Alta PeakENE 78°3,437 m9.0 mi
Mount SillimanNE 51°3,397 m8.9 mi
Tharps RockE 79°3,261 m8.7 mi
Twin PeaksNE 41°3,194 m9.4 mi
Mitchell PeakNNE 27°3,164 m13.2 mi
Kettle PeakNNE 33°3,058 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3319:07
June solstice05:3819:3920:18
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice07:0416:0416:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576676838277665547
Precip in4.94.34.02.51.20.40.10.00.21.22.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 5 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 258605 — Colony Peak, Tulare County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358797351

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