Colony Peak
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
- 1,870 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Switchback Peak: 2.4 mi
- Ash Peaks: 2.7 mi
- Yucca Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Sunset Rock: 2.8 mi
- Bear Hill: 2.9 mi
- Slide Spring: 2.4 mi
- Granite Spring: 2.8 mi
- Wall Spring: 2.8 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 3.2 mi
- Hidden Spring: 3.5 mi
- Crystal Cave: 1.9 mi
- Sentinel Tree: 2.8 mi
- Booker T. Washington Tree: 2.9 mi
- Auto Log: 3.0 mi
- Colonel Young Tree: 3.0 mi
- Marble Falls: 1.8 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 5.9 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 7.9 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Upper Buck Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
- 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
- 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
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 9.8 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 12.2 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 13.8 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 14.0 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 14.6 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 24.3 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 2.8 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 9.0 mi
- Valhalla: 13.1 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 17.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 16.2 mi
- Jumping Rock: 16.4 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 18.2 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 23.8 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bird Peak | ENE 74° | 3,536 m | 12.6 mi |
| Winter Alta | ENE 75° | 3,453 m | 9.7 mi |
| Alta Peak | ENE 78° | 3,437 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Silliman | NE 51° | 3,397 m | 8.9 mi |
| Tharps Rock | E 79° | 3,261 m | 8.7 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NE 41° | 3,194 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mitchell Peak | NNE 27° | 3,164 m | 13.2 mi |
| Kettle Peak | NNE 33° | 3,058 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
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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