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Finger Peak

Finger Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Finger Peak rises to 3,780 m in California. Mount Darwin stands 4,216 m to the north-northeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Canyon Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49028864, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3779.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.02999, -118.73035

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 16
Historic sites: 10
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 3.7 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 11.8 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 19.0 mi
  • Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 19.6 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • South Lake Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Helms Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • La Hupp Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 14.5 mi
Springs: 7
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 6
Parks: 3
Beaches: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Finger Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DarwinNNE 19°4,216 m10.0 mi
Mount GoddardN 7°4,126 m5.1 mi
Mount FiskeNNE 25°4,116 m8.1 mi
Mount ThompsonNE 39°4,115 m10.1 mi
Mount HaeckelNNE 25°4,087 m9.2 mi
Mount WallaceNNE 27°4,079 m9.0 mi
Mount PowellNE 35°4,073 m9.2 mi
Point PowellNE 37°4,072 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3619:4020:19
September equinox06:4418:1918:53
December solstice07:0516:0216:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464853586573818176665345
Precip in5.64.95.12.61.40.40.20.00.21.42.14.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 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 260110 — Finger Peak, Fresno County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358797784

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