Columbine Peak
Columbine Peak rises to 3,850 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the east-northeast, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Isosceles Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
Columbine Peak is a 12,662-foot-elevation (3,859-meter) mountain summit located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of northern California, United States. It is situated between Palisade Basin and Dusy Basin in the Palisades area of northern Kings Canyon National Park. It is 1.54 miles (2.48 km) west of North Palisade, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Bishop Pass, and immediately north of Knapsack Pass. This mountain's name has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. The first ascent of the summit was made prior to 1925 by persons unknown.
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Wikidata Q35735577, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3850 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Isosceles Peak: 0.4 mi
- Mount Winchell: 1.4 mi
- Thunderbolt Peak: 1.4 mi
- Giraud Peak: 1.5 mi
- Starlight Peak: 1.5 mi
- Grouse Spring: 6.2 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 10.9 mi
- Fish Springs: 15.6 mi
- Scotty Spring: 16.0 mi
- Cold Springs: 16.4 mi
- Second Falls: 5.7 mi
- First Falls: 5.9 mi
- Triple Falls: 7.3 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 15.5 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 15.7 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 14.8 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 15.0 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 16.2 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 19.6 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 19.6 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 24.3 mi
- Windy Cliff: 6.0 mi
- Great Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Muro Blanco: 12.5 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 13.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 20.1 mi
- American Mule Museum: 20.8 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 23.9 mi
- Rock Monster: 4.5 mi
- John Muir Rock: 17.9 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 24.5 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- Kearsarge: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Columbine Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | ENE 77° | 4,343 m | 1.5 mi |
| Starlight Peak | ENE 74° | 4,323.7 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Sill | ENE 78° | 4,316 m | 2.2 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | E 80° | 4,298.2 m | 1.6 mi |
| Middle Palisade | ESE 108° | 4,278.2 m | 4.2 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | ENE 67° | 4,268 m | 1.4 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | ESE 110° | 4,258.6 m | 4.3 mi |
| Barrett Peak | E 88° | 4,258 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 22 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797360
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