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Dennison Mountain

Dennison Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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
2645 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.31876, -118.74646

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 34
Parks: 27
Attractions: 23
Waterfalls: 17
Historic sites: 10
Picnic sites: 6
  • 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
Nature reserves: 3
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 8.0 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 17.4 mi
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 18.7 mi
Museums: 3
  • Three Rivers Historical Museum: 12.4 mi
  • Giant Forest Museum: 17.1 mi
  • Porterville Historical Museum: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Arch: 20.8 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 20.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 20.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • World's Largest Olive: 21.5 mi
Hot springs: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Needham MountainNE 51°3,816 m14.9 mi
Florence PeakENE 61°3,788.7 m12.4 mi
Sawtooth PeakNE 48°3,759 m14.2 mi
Bullfrog PeakENE 66°3,755 m12.1 mi
Mount EisenNE 39°3,714 m15.9 mi
Rainbow MountainENE 56°3,656.2 m13.1 mi
Vandever MountainENE 59°3,636 m10.7 mi
North Sawtooth PeakNE 46°3,623 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3819:3820:17
September equinox06:4418:1918:53
December solstice07:0316:0416:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475054586675818075645347
Precip in4.83.64.12.41.00.30.10.00.20.91.73.7

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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