Deerhorn Mountain
Deerhorn Mountain rises to 4,043 m in California. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the southeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is The Minster, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Deerhorn Mountain is a 13,264-foot (4,043 m) peak in the Sierra Nevada in Tulare County, California. It is located along the Kings-Kern Divide in the southern part of Kings Canyon National Park. According to Place Names of the Sierra Nevada (Peter Browning), it was "named in 1895 by J. N. LeConte because of the resemblance of its double summit to two horns."
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Wikidata Q39046162, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,043 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Minster: 0.7 mi
- Mount Stanford: 1.0 mi
- Gregory's Monument: 1.1 mi
- Mount Ericsson: 1.1 mi
- West Vidette: 1.5 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 16.3 mi
- Boot Arch: 16.3 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 16.5 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 16.7 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 17.0 mi
- Tub Springs: 8.5 mi
- Boron Springs: 9.3 mi
- McGann Springs: 11.6 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 12.6 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 13.6 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 2.8 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 7.0 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 8.1 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 9.2 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 11.2 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 7.7 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 7.8 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 9.9 mi
- Mist Falls: 10.3 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 12.4 mi
- Valhalla: 13.8 mi
- Muro Blanco: 14.9 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 17.5 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 18.6 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 16.1 mi
- Lathe Arch: 17.2 mi
- Mobius Arch: 17.2 mi
- Heart Arch: 17.3 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 18.5 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 13.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 14.0 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 14.0 mi
- Arai Pond: 14.1 mi
- Kado's Garden: 14.1 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 13.0 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 13.1 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 14.6 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 20.5 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 20.8 mi
- Dehy Park: 13.1 mi
- Independence Park: 13.2 mi
- Merritt Park: 14.0 mi
- Spainhower Park: 20.4 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 22.3 mi
- Kearsarge: 8.2 mi
- San Carlos: 16.9 mi
- Bend City: 17.1 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 13.1 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Paiute Mural: 14.1 mi
- Miss Alabama: 19.1 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 16.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Deerhorn Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | SE 126° | 4,383 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | SE 134° | 4,275 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Barnard | SE 140° | 4,266 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Stanford | SE 128° | 4,260 m | 1.0 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | SE 134° | 4,254 m | 1.1 mi |
| Mount Keith | ESE 103° | 4,249 m | 3.8 mi |
| Trojan Peak | SE 133° | 4,245 m | 7.2 mi |
| Junction Peak | ESE 122° | 4,224 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:02 | 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, 13 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 222217 — Deerhorn Mountain, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358764608
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