Finger Rock
Finger Rock rises to 2,928 m in California. Mount Reinstein stands 3,842 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoffman Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q118641151, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,928 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hoffman Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Castle Peak: 2.6 mi
- Loper Peak: 3.3 mi
- Crown Rock: 3.5 mi
- Cape Horn: 3.8 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 8.7 mi
- Cold Springs: 9.8 mi
- Lousy Spring: 9.9 mi
- Sycamore Springs: 14.4 mi
- Clover Meadow Spring: 16.7 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 8.7 mi
- Garlic Falls: 9.3 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 9.8 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 15.6 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 7.9 mi
- Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 11.1 mi
- Dinkey Fisherman Picnic Site: 14.4 mi
- Chicago Stump: 14.2 mi
- Zephyr Headquarters: 15.1 mi
- Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 15.2 mi
- John Muir Rock: 16.3 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 17.1 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 6.7 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 7.2 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 20.8 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 21.9 mi
- Fishing Club: 21.9 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 10.7 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 13.6 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 13.6 mi
- Great Cliffs: 17.3 mi
- Grand Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 8.9 mi
- Qualls Camp: 15.2 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 18.2 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 21.2 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 22.9 mi
- Jumping Rock: 14.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 14.1 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Finger Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Reinstein | ENE 57° | 3,842 m | 11.3 mi |
| Finger Peak | ENE 75° | 3,780 m | 10.3 mi |
| Black Crown | E 80° | 3,650 m | 12.3 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 29° | 3,645 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Hutton | NNE 33° | 3,633 m | 11.1 mi |
| Tunemah Peak | E 89° | 3,627 m | 12.3 mi |
| Blue Canyon Peak | ENE 77° | 3,615 m | 11.4 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | NE 49° | 3,519 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
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 | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/8572288157
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