Disappointment Peak
Disappointment Peak rises to 4,259 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the northwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Balcony Peak, a peak 0.1 miles away.
The story
Disappointment Peak is a 13,917-foot-elevation (4,242-meter) summit located on the shared boundary of Fresno County and Inyo County in California, United States.
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Wikidata Q49024977, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,258.6 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Balcony Peak: 0.1 mi
- Middle Palisade: 0.2 mi
- Norman Clyde Peak: 0.6 mi
- The Thumb: 1.2 mi
- Palisade Crest: 1.5 mi
- Grouse Spring: 5.2 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 8.8 mi
- Fish Springs: 11.7 mi
- Scotty Spring: 12.0 mi
- Big Seeley Spring: 13.7 mi
- First Falls: 4.2 mi
- Second Falls: 4.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 7.6 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 17.2 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 17.3 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 11.9 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 12.2 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 18.2 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 20.3 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 20.3 mi
- Windy Cliff: 6.9 mi
- Great Cliffs: 8.1 mi
- Muro Blanco: 11.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 14.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 20.5 mi
- American Mule Museum: 21.1 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 23.5 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 23.5 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 23.8 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 23.2 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Rock Monster: 8.9 mi
- John Muir Rock: 22.2 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 20.7 mi
- Kearsarge: 19.5 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Disappointment Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | NW 305° | 4,343 m | 3.2 mi |
| Starlight Peak | NW 306° | 4,324 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Sill | NW 315° | 4,316 m | 2.8 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | NW 305° | 4,298 m | 3.0 mi |
| Middle Palisade | NNW 331° | 4,278 m | 0.2 mi |
| Split Mountain | SE 143° | 4,269 m | 4.1 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | NW 307° | 4,268 m | 3.4 mi |
| Barrett Peak | NW 306° | 4,258 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 22 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 222413 — Disappointment Peak, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358764765
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