Dougherty Peak
Dougherty Peak rises to 3,733 m in California. Split Mountain stands 4,269 m to the northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is State Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q49025664, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,733 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- State Peak: 0.7 mi
- Marion Peak: 2.8 mi
- Kid Peak: 3.0 mi
- Arrow Peak: 3.1 mi
- Red Point: 3.5 mi
- Triple Falls: 4.4 mi
- Mist Falls: 7.4 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 8.6 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 8.6 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 10.5 mi
- Scotty Spring: 12.3 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 14.3 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 14.6 mi
- McGann Springs: 14.7 mi
- Tub Springs: 16.0 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 3.9 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 7.1 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 7.1 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 9.8 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 10.9 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Muro Blanco: 1.6 mi
- Windy Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Great Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 7.2 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 16.9 mi
- Dehy Park: 20.6 mi
- Independence Park: 21.2 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 22.1 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 22.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 14.5 mi
- Bend City: 24.1 mi
- San Carlos: 24.6 mi
- Rock Monster: 13.8 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 23.8 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 18.5 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 20.7 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 20.8 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 21.6 mi
- Jumping Rock: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Dougherty Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split Mountain | NE 45° | 4,269 m | 9.7 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | NNE 23° | 4,259 m | 11.0 mi |
| Balcony Peak | NNE 24° | 4,237 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Bolton Brown | NE 34° | 4,124 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | ENE 77° | 4,114 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Prater | NE 38° | 4,107 m | 10.1 mi |
| Cardinal Mountain | NE 54° | 4,076 m | 9.2 mi |
| Striped Mountain | ENE 69° | 4,022 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:01 | 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, 21 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797605
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