Fin Dome
Fin Dome rises to 3,546 m in California. Mount Stanford stands 4,260 m to the south, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Diamond Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away.
The story
Fin Dome is an 11,673-foot-elevation (3,558-meter) granite summit located 1.5 mile west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the southeast corner of Fresno County, in northern California. It is situated in the Rae Lakes area of Kings Canyon National Park, approximately 15.5 miles (24.9 km) west of the community of Independence. Nearby peaks include Black Mountain 1.9 miles (3.1 km) to the east, and Mount Rixford 2.1 miles (3.4 km) to the south-southeast. Topographic relief is significant as the east aspect rises 1,135 feet (346 meters) above Rae Lakes in one-quarter mile. The John Muir Trail passes to the east of this landmark, providing an approach. This geographical feature was named by Bolton Brown in 1899 when he explored the lake basin in its vicinity, because it resembled the fin of a sea serpent. The first ascent of the summit was made in 1910 by James Rennie, one of the foremost mountaineers of the Sierra Club.
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Wikidata Q49028835, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3546 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Diamond Peak: 1.5 mi
- Painted Lady: 1.6 mi
- Mount Cotter: 1.7 mi
- Glacier Spike: 1.8 mi
- Black Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Tub Springs: 6.2 mi
- McGann Springs: 7.1 mi
- Boron Springs: 8.1 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 8.4 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 9.6 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 2.5 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 2.6 mi
- Mist Falls: 7.6 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 11.8 mi
- Triple Falls: 14.2 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 4.2 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 4.3 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 4.9 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 6.8 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 7.0 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 19.6 mi
- Boot Arch: 19.9 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 19.9 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 20.1 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 20.4 mi
- Muro Blanco: 9.0 mi
- Windy Cliff: 15.7 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 16.8 mi
- Great Cliffs: 17.3 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 18.0 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 15.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 15.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 15.2 mi
- Arai Pond: 15.3 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 15.4 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 20.4 mi
- Mobius Arch: 21.0 mi
- Lathe Arch: 21.0 mi
- Heart Arch: 21.1 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 22.3 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 11.5 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 11.7 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 15.8 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 24.0 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 24.3 mi
- Dehy Park: 11.6 mi
- Independence Park: 12.0 mi
- Merritt Park: 15.2 mi
- Spainhower Park: 23.9 mi
- Kearsarge: 4.8 mi
- Bend City: 15.6 mi
- San Carlos: 15.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 10.2 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Paiute Mural: 15.3 mi
- Miss Alabama: 22.9 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Fin Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Stanford | S 173° | 4,260.2 m | 7.6 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | S 173° | 4,254.4 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Keith | SSE 154° | 4,249 m | 8.7 mi |
| Junction Peak | SSE 163° | 4,224 m | 8.8 mi |
| Caltech Peak | S 172° | 4,216.5 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Ericsson | S 181° | 4,150.7 m | 8.0 mi |
| University Peak | SSE 148° | 4,138 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Brewer | SSW 209° | 4,136 m | 8.3 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 | 07:04 | 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, 12 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797781
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