Florence Peak
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Florence Peak rises to 3,789 m in California. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the north-northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Tulare Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
Florence Peak is a mountain located on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the southern Sierra Nevada of California. It is located about 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of the community of Silver City and 4.5 miles (7.2 km) from the roads end at Mineral King. It marks the southern boundary of Sequoia National Park. On the summit the Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness, the John Krebs Wilderness and Golden Trout Wilderness meet.
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Wikidata Q5460743, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3788.7 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Tulare Peak: 0.8 mi
- Bullfrog Peak: 1.1 mi
- Rainbow Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Vandever Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Falcon Peak: 2.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 2.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.6 mi
- Soda Spring: 9.0 mi
- Big Spring: 11.7 mi
- Trout Meadows Spring: 14.9 mi
- Tharp's Log: 15.1 mi
- Cleveland Tree: 15.1 mi
- Chimney Tree: 15.2 mi
- The Dead Giant: 15.3 mi
- Tunnel Log: 15.5 mi
- Tufa Falls: 3.7 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 8.7 mi
- Volcano Falls: 9.5 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 2.6 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 4.4 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 7.9 mi
- Alles Cabin: 7.9 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 8.3 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 14.6 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 20.9 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 21.5 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 22.5 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 23.5 mi
- Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 24.1 mi
- Window Cliffs: 9.8 mi
- Valhalla: 11.6 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 20.7 mi
- Natural Arch: 10.2 mi
- Natural Bridge: 10.3 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 16.5 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 19.6 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 9.5 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Florence Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kaweah | NNE 26° | 4,205 m | 9.2 mi |
| Red Kaweah | NNE 15° | 4,185 m | 9.6 mi |
| Michael's Pinnacle | NNE 16° | 4,170.4 m | 9.5 mi |
| Second Kaweah | NNE 20° | 4,165.5 m | 9.3 mi |
| Koontz Pinnacle | NNE 14° | 4,145 m | 10.0 mi |
| Black Kaweah | NNE 11° | 4,140 m | 9.8 mi |
| Squaretop | NNE 18° | 4,121.8 m | 9.4 mi |
| Pyramidal Pinnacle | NNE 14° | 4,116 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 16 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 271160 — Mount Florence, Tulare County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358801262
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