Crystal Turret
Crystal Turret rises to 2,921 m in California. Wheel Mountain stands 3,883 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cobra Turret, a peak 0.3 miles away.
The story
Peak in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q124657649, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,921.4 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cobra Turret: 0.3 mi
- El Commandante Turret: 0.6 mi
- El Corporale Turret: 0.7 mi
- Frustration Turret: 1.0 mi
- Tenderfoot Peak: 1.0 mi
- Chicago Stump: 14.7 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 16.0 mi
- General Grant Tree: 16.1 mi
- Centennial Stump: 16.1 mi
- Rock Monster: 16.5 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 2.3 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 2.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 6.5 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 10.7 mi
- Garlic Falls: 11.5 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 14.7 mi
- Cold Springs: 16.1 mi
- Lousy Spring: 16.3 mi
- Big Springs: 19.0 mi
- Trough Spring: 19.4 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 5.6 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 7.9 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 11.3 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 14.0 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 14.6 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 4.7 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 7.2 mi
- Great Cliffs: 11.6 mi
- Windy Cliff: 12.6 mi
- Muro Blanco: 12.6 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 16.5 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 16.6 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 17.2 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 11.3 mi
- Jumping Rock: 11.6 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 23.1 mi
- Kearsarge: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Crystal Turret. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel Mountain | NNE 33° | 3,883 m | 12.2 mi |
| State Peak | ENE 78° | 3,840 m | 11.5 mi |
| Finger Peak | N 7° | 3,780 m | 9.2 mi |
| Dougherty Peak | E 82° | 3,733 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Woodworth | NE 40° | 3,724 m | 11.5 mi |
| Goat Mountain | ESE 102° | 3,719 m | 9.9 mi |
| Munger Peak | E 100° | 3,680 m | 9.5 mi |
| Black Crown | NNE 21° | 3,650 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:02 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant Grove, 16 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11531444493
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