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El Commandante Turret

El Commandante Turret, seen from above at true elevation

El Commandante Turret rises to 2,635 m in California. State Peak stands 3,840 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is El Corporale Turret, a peak 0.1 miles away.

The story

peak in the Sierra Nevada of California

Wikidata Q124657651, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2634.6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.90307, -118.75818

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 31
Waterfalls: 21
Springs: 16
Historic sites: 12
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 5.2 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 8.4 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 11.8 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 14.5 mi
  • Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Helms Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
Parks: 3
Beaches: 2
Museums: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of El Commandante Turret. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
State PeakE 80°3,840 m11.9 mi
Finger PeakN 10°3,779.7 m8.9 mi
Dougherty PeakE 84°3,733 m11.7 mi
Mount WoodworthNE 43°3,724 m11.5 mi
Goat MountainESE 103°3,719 m10.4 mi
Munger PeakESE 101°3,680.3 m10.1 mi
Black CrownNNE 25°3,649.6 m9.0 mi
Tunemah PeakNNE 31°3,626.5 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3719:4020:18
September equinox06:4418:1918:53
December solstice07:0516:0216:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363638414958666560514235
Precip in8.07.37.83.61.40.50.30.20.32.43.36.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant Grove, 16 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/11531444495

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