Dennison Mountain
Dennison Mountain rises to 2,645 m in California. Needham Mountain stands 3,816 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dennison Peak, a peak 1.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,645 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dennison Peak: 1.7 mi
- Scratch Hill: 2.4 mi
- Grouse Peak: 4.2 mi
- Moses Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Homer's Nose: 4.6 mi
- Big Spring: 1.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 8.5 mi
- Doyle Springs: 9.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 11.9 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 12.0 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 12.4 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 12.7 mi
- Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 13.6 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 14.0 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 13.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 16.0 mi
- Buttress Tree: 16.1 mi
- Parker Group: 16.1 mi
- Tunnel Log: 16.2 mi
- Tufa Falls: 11.9 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 14.4 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 14.5 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 15.3 mi
- Marble Falls: 16.4 mi
- Alles Cabin: 10.9 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 11.2 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 11.5 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 12.8 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 16.2 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 14.0 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 18.7 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 12.4 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 17.1 mi
- Porterville Historical Museum: 22.9 mi
- Valhalla: 19.6 mi
- Window Cliffs: 21.3 mi
- Natural Arch: 20.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 20.9 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 20.3 mi
- World's Largest Olive: 21.5 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Dennison Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Needham Mountain | NE 51° | 3,816 m | 14.9 mi |
| Florence Peak | ENE 61° | 3,789 m | 12.4 mi |
| Sawtooth Peak | NE 48° | 3,759 m | 14.2 mi |
| Bullfrog Peak | ENE 66° | 3,755 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Eisen | NE 39° | 3,714 m | 15.9 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | ENE 56° | 3,656 m | 13.1 mi |
| Vandever Mountain | ENE 59° | 3,636 m | 10.7 mi |
| North Sawtooth Peak | NE 46° | 3,623 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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 | 47 | 50 | 54 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Three Rivers Edison PH 1, 12 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 270838 — Dennison Mountain, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358801185
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