Diamond Peak
Diamond Peak rises to 4,004 m in California. Mount Stanford stands 4,260 m to the south, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Diamond Peak is a 13,133-foot (4,003 m) mountain in the Sierra Nevada on the boundary between Fresno and Inyo Counties, California in the United States. It is on the Sierra Crest. The west side of Diamond Peak is located in Kings Canyon National Park, at the headwater of Woods Creek, and the east side is located in the Inyo National Forest.
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Wikidata Q39070604, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4004 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Fin Dome: 1.5 mi
- Mount Mary Austin: 1.7 mi
- Painted Lady: 2.4 mi
- Dragon Tooth: 2.4 mi
- Tub Springs: 5.3 mi
- McGann Springs: 5.6 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 6.9 mi
- Boron Springs: 7.2 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 8.1 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 4.0 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 5.1 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 6.1 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 8.3 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 8.4 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 3.7 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 3.8 mi
- Mist Falls: 8.8 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 13.2 mi
- Triple Falls: 14.3 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 19.2 mi
- Boot Arch: 19.5 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 19.6 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 19.7 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 20.1 mi
- Muro Blanco: 9.3 mi
- Windy Cliff: 15.7 mi
- Great Cliffs: 17.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 17.4 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 18.3 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 14.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 14.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 14.5 mi
- Arai Pond: 14.5 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 14.7 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 20.2 mi
- Mobius Arch: 20.8 mi
- Lathe Arch: 20.8 mi
- Heart Arch: 20.8 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 22.0 mi
- Dehy Park: 10.5 mi
- Independence Park: 10.9 mi
- Merritt Park: 14.5 mi
- Spainhower Park: 23.4 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 24.3 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 10.4 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 10.6 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 15.0 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 23.6 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 24.0 mi
- Kearsarge: 3.8 mi
- Bend City: 14.4 mi
- San Carlos: 14.7 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 8.9 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Paiute Mural: 14.6 mi
- Miss Alabama: 22.7 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Diamond Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stanford | S 182° | 4,260.2 m | 8.5 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | S 182° | 4,254.4 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Keith | SSE 163° | 4,249 m | 9.1 mi |
| Junction Peak | S 172° | 4,224 m | 9.4 mi |
| Caltech Peak | S 180° | 4,216.5 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Ericsson | S 189° | 4,150.7 m | 9.0 mi |
| University Peak | SSE 164° | 4,138 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Brewer | SSW 213° | 4,136 m | 9.7 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 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797551
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